 Mahommetans, and valiant in war. At the end of those twelve days you come to a province of no great size, extending indeed no more than three days' journey in any direction, and this is called VOKHAN.  The Story of Marco Polo - Page 49by Noah Brooks, Marco Polo - 1897 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1871 - 624 pages
...containing a good many towns and villages and scattered habitations. The people are Mahommetans, and valiant in war. At the end of those twelve days you come to...no great size, extending indeed no more than three clays' journey in any direction, and this is called VOKHAN. The people worship Mahommet, and they have... | |
 | Asia, Central - 1874 - 418 pages
...villages and scattered habitations. The people are Mahometans, and valiant in war. At the end of these twelve days you come to a province of no great size,...direction, and this is called Vokhan. The people worship Mahomet, and they have a peculiar language. They are gallant soldiers, and they have a chief whom they... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Discoveries in geography - 1880 - 464 pages
...containing a good many towns and villages and scattered habitations. The people are Mohammedans, and valiant in war. At the end of those twelve days you come to...days' journey in any direction, and this is called Wakhan. The people worship Mohammed, and have a peculiar language. They are gallant soldiers, and have... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - Asia, Central - 1893 - 348 pages
...habitations. The people are Mahometans, and valiant in war. At the end of these twelve days you come 1;oa province of no great size, extending indeed no more...direction, and this is called Vokhan. The people worship Mahomet, and they have a peculiar language. They are gallant soldiers, and they have a chief whom they... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1902 - 198 pages
...not in that part of the world. In leaving Badakhshan you ride twelve days between east and northeast. At the end of those twelve days you come to a province...no more than three days' journey in any direction. The people worship Mohammed, and they have a peculiar language. They are gallant soldiers. There are... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1903 - 812 pages
...containing a good many towns and villages and scattered habitations. The people are Mahommetans, and valiant in war. At the end of those twelve days you come to...province of no great size, extending indeed no more 171 han three days' journey in any direction, and this is ailed VOKHAN. The people worship Mahommet,... | |
 | Henri Cordier - 1920 - 188 pages
...agrees remarkably well with the three marches mentioned by Marco. " His description of Wakhan as ' a province of no great size, extending indeed no more than three days' journey in any direction ' suggests that a portion of the valley must then have formed part of the chiefship of Ishkashim or... | |
 | Henri Cordier, Marco Polo - Science - 1920 - 182 pages
...agrees remarkably well with the three marches mentioned by Marco. " His description of Wakhan as ' a province of no great size, extending indeed no more than three days' journey in any direction ' suggests that a portion of the valley must then have formed part of the chiefship of Ishkashim or... | |
 | Henri Cordier - Asia - 1920 - 200 pages
...agrees remarkably well with the three marches mentioned by Marco. " His description of Wakhan as ' a province of no great size, extending indeed no more than three days' journey in any direction ' suggests that a portion of the valley must then have formed part of the chiefship of Ishkashim or... | |
 | Henri Cordier - Asia - 1920 - 182 pages
...agrees remarkably well with the three marches mentioned by Marco. " His description of Wakhan as ' a province of no great size, extending indeed no more than three days' journey in any direction ' suggests that a portion of the valley must then have formed part of the chiefship of Ishkashim or... | |
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