CHAPTER LXVII.

(1.) “Sant Masicia.”—This is the ancient Amastris, now called Amasserah. The architecture of its walls of defence bears witness to Genoese occupation, the earliest date of which is not known. In 1346, Amastris was included in the empire of the Palæologi, after having belonged to Nicæa, but it is certain that the Genoese were in possession previous to 1398 (Heyd, _d. Ital. Handelscolon_, etc., in the _Zeitschrift f. d. gesammte Staatswissenschaft_, xviii, 712), at which date they had a consul there. Clavijo calls Amastris, visited by him a few years later, a Genoese town, where he saw many remains of ancient splendour.

After being for a long time a dependency of the Central Administration at Caffa, Samastris, by a decree of 1449, became subject to that of Pera to which it had previously belonged, but had been detached “propter inopiam et imbecilitatem loci ipsius Pere” (_Zap. Odess. Obstschest._, v, 810). Under these circumstances it is very probable that the Genoese were at Samastris at a still earlier period than that indicated by Heyd. According to Hammer (_Hist. de l’E. O._, iii, 69), this city fell into the hands of the Turks in the campaign of 1461, together with Sinope and Trebizond.—BRUUN.

(2.) “one hundred are quite of brass.”—Schiltberger is scarcely to be charged with exaggeration, if we consider what Manuel Chrysoloras has said of these walls. “I cannot conceive the walls of Constantinople, in regard to their extent and circuit, to have been inferior to those of Babylon. The towers are without number; the proportions and height of any one tower sufficed to astonish the beholder, and their construction and the large flights of steps excited universal admiration.”

In stating that there were one thousand churches, the author intended to convey the idea that they were very numerous; indeed Clavijo estimated the number at three thousand. Schiltberger appears to have been too much dazzled by the magnificence of the church of St. Sophia, to think of entering more largely upon a description of it as others have done.—BRUUN.

(3.) “A city called Asparseri.”—This is Ak-kerman, a name which is the equivalent for Byelgorod, the Slave for White-Town, a place mentioned in the Russian and Polish chronicles of the middle ages—called Tchetate Alba by the Moldavians, and by the Maghyars, Feierwar, not Feriena as it appears through a printer’s error in Dlugocz (_Hist. Poloniæ_ etc., xi, 324).

The Greeks of the Lower Empire changed the name from White-Town to Mavrocastron, turned by the Italians into Mocastro and Moncastro, as we find it in De Lannoy, Barbaro, and others.

There are good grounds for the supposition that the name White was given originally by the Greeks, because the Aspron mentioned by Constantine Porphyrogenitus (_De Adm. Imp._, 167) should be looked for in this locality, notwithstanding that the emperor situates it on the Dnieper, a scribe’s error for Dniester. I know of no author who speaks of a White-Town on the Lower Dnieper, and the emperor himself describes the place to which he alludes, as being situated on the bank of the river nearest to Bulgaria.

It would appear that the ancient name was not forgotten by the Greeks after they had changed it to Mavrocastron, because some authors of the latter part of the middle ages have alluded to the place as Leucopolichnion or Asprocastron; in all probability identical with “Asparseri”, and certainly to be distinguished from White-Town, but a distinction that is to be attributed to a mistake on the part of the transcriber. How otherwise are we to account for the appearance in the Heidelberg MS., of the native name Asparsaraï—White-Town—and for the statement in the Nuremberg MS. (Penzel’s edition) that Schiltberger took his departure, not from Asparsaraï but from White-Town, direct for Soutchava[1] at that time the chief city of Little Walachia or Mavrovlachia as Moldavia was then called.

Grecian colonists were attracted to the neighbourhood of modern Ak-kerman in very remote times. The Tyrites of Herodotus lived there, probably at Ophiussa, a city known to Strabo. There, also, flourished Tyras, to be identified perhaps with Turis, ceded by the emperor Justinian, A.D. 547, to the Antes, a Slave tribe which may have been the first to give the name of Byelgorod to the place which Edrisi certainly had in his mind, when he wrote about the Coman city distant one day’s journey from the mouth of the Danube, called Akliba; a name composed of two Turkish words, Ak and liva—White District—and therefore possibly the Coman designation for the “White City” of Schiltberger, the Ak-kerman of Aboulfeda.

[1] ... ich zu einer Wallachischen Stadt kam, die unter dem Nahmen der weissen Stadt bekannt ist. Von da kam ich nach Sedhof; welches die Hauptstadt der kleinen Wallachey ist.—Page 205.—BRUUN.

(4.) “Linburgch, the chief city in White Reissen the Lesser.”—This White Russia was the eastern part of Galicia, alluded to by Marino Sanudo in his letter to the king of France. “Russia minor quæ confinat ab occidente cum Polonia....” (Kunstmann, _Stud. über_ M. S., 105).

In distinguishing White Russia from the kingdom of Russia (see page 50), Schiltberger refers to the grand-duchy of Lithuania, and not only to the White Russia of our own times, which then formed part of the grand-duchy.—BRUUN.

(5.) “gemandan.”—I am indebted to Mr. Mnatzakan Hakhoumoff of Shousha, for the Lord’s Prayer in modern Armenia, and in the tongue spoken by the Tatars west of the Caspian Sea.—ED.

_The Lord’s Prayer in Modern Armenian._

Haïr mer vor hersince es sourp egwitzy anoun kho egwesouè arkhaïouthyoum kho egwitzy kamkh kho vorpess hergwince ev hergry zhatz mer hanapazort tour mez aïsor, evthogmez zpardys mer vorpess, ev mekh thogoumkh meroz pardabanatz, ev my tanyr zmez y tcharè, zy kho è arkhaïouthyoum zorouthyoun ev pharkh havidians. Ammen.

_The Lord’s Prayer in the Tatar tongue._

Byzum athamuz ky ghyogdasan pyr olsun sanun adun ghyalsun sanun padshalygun olsun sanun stadygun nedja ky geogda eïla da dïunyada ver byza gyounluk georagymuz va bagushla byzum tahsurlarumuz nedja ky byz baghishlüruh byzum tahsurlulara goïma byzy gedah sheïtan ïoluna amma pakh ela byzy pyslugden tchounky sanunkidr padshalus ihtiar va hiurmat ta diunianun ahruna.

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INDEX.

_The Names in parenthesis are those employed by Schiltberger._

Abel’s offering, 65

Abhase (Abkas), an unhealthy country, 43, 178

Abhases, the, are of the Greek Church, 78; dress and customs, 43, 178

Aboubekr (Abubach), the caliph, 67

———— (Aububachir), son of Miran Shah, 33, 134, 135

Abraham, 56, 60, 71, 76, 194, 195

Adam’s grave, 60, 65; created in God’s image, 71

Adana (Adalia) taken by Bajazet, 19, 123

Adrianople (Adranopoli), a city in Greece, 6, 39

Ahmed (Mirachamat), the amir, 10

———— ben Oweis (king of Babylon), 7, 113; quits Babylon, 24, 130; is beheaded, 32, 135, 160

Aidin (Edein), 40

Aintab (Anthap), 22; pillaged by Timour, 127–128

Akhlat, 126

Ak-kerman (Asparseri), 101, 244–245

Aksheher, 21, 118

Aktam (Achtum), 32, 134

Aleppo (Hallapp), taken by Timour, 22, 127, 128

Alexander the Great, legends of, 79, 226, 216

Alexandria, described, 62; Italians at, 62; mirror of, 63, 215; taken by king of Cyprus and his allies, 62, 64, 214

(Allenklaisser), a great giant, 64, 216

Ali (Aly), the caliph, a persecutor of Christians, 44; and giant, 65; chief over all Mahomedans, 67

Ali Koutchava’s revolt at Ispahan, 27, 133

Alindsha (Aluitze), 24, 130, 44, 160, 136

Amasserah, Amastris (Sant Masicia), 100, 243

Anconitans, in Egypt, 214

Angora (Angarus, Augury), besieged by White Tatars, 18; battle of, 21, 117; a city of Turkey, 40

Ani, the ancient capital of Armenia, 126

Anjak (Origens), 34, 136–138

Ann’s, St., well, 58

Annas the high priest, house of, 59, 203

(Antioch) Nisibis, 44, 160

Arabia, gold of, 26, 46, 64, 67

Ararat, 44, 231

Arjish (Agrich), 38

Armenia (Ermenia), 26, 86

———— Greater, 7, 117, 61, 89

———— Lesser, 20, 31, 43, 61, 86, 117

Armenian Church, 87, 90, 91–96, 238, 242

Armenians, at Angora, 40; at Caffa, 49; are favoured by Mahomedans, 73; friendly to Germans, 86, 234; their conversion to Christianity, 87, 235; in Cyprus, 88; enemies of the Greeks, 96; are brave and clever, 98; in Cilicia and Syria, 117

Arnauts (Arnaw), are of the Greek church, 78, 222

Astara (Strana), 34, 136

Astrabad (Strawba), 44, 160

Astrahan, Hadjy-tarkhan (Haitzicherchen), 49, 172, 136, 139, 141, 142, 154

Babel, tower of (Marburtirudt), 46, 167

Babylon, 24, 33, 46, 52, 86, 88, 89, 187

———— New, 47

Badakshan (Walaschoen), 46, 166–167

Baghdad (Wadach, Waydat), 46, 167, 52, 191, 157, 168; _see_ Babylon

Baïram, the, 70, 221

Bajazet (Weyasat, Weyasit), at Nicopolis, 2, 3, 108, 109; slaughter and distribution of prisoners, 4, 7, 112, 113, 115, 116; invades duchy of Pettau, 6; besieges Konieh, 8; occupies Karaman, 10; takes Samsoun, 12, 14; occupies Sebaste, 18; takes Malatia, 18; Adana, 19; succours Faradj, 19, 124; conquers Lesser Armenia, 20, 125; capture at Angora, and death, 21, 126; besieges Constantinople, 80, 231

Balsam in Egypt, 60, 61, 207–208, 92

Baptism in Greek Church, 82, 83; in Armenian Church, 92; in river Jordan, 205; place of the Saviour’s, 205

Barkok (Warchloch, Marochloch), 19, 124, 51, 182, 113

Barley planted over Babylon, 24

Batou, 137, 173

Batoum, 153

Battle, of Nicopolis, 2, 4, 107–112; Konieh, 7, 8; Angora, 21; Delhi, 25, 130, 132; Karabagh, 31, 134; Aktam, 32, 134

Bavaria (Payren), 1, 38

Beard, never cut by Walachians, 38; forbidden to Mahomedans to cut the, 71; not shaven by Greek priests, 83; not shaven by Armenian priests, 92

Beasts, wild, in Siberia, 35; Badakshan, 46; Babylon, 47, 168; Bolgar, 49, 174

Behesna (Wehessum), 22, 127–128, 123

Beshtamak (Bestan), 49, 138–139

Bethlehem (Bethlaem, Bethlahen), 35, 51, 185, 87, 236

Bishop’s see, at Joulad, 34, 139; Makou, 44, 159; Caffa, 49; Sary Kerman or Cherson, 177

Bistan (Bestan, capital of Kourdistan), 43, 152

Blood of horses, as food, 48

Bolgar (Bolar), a city, 49, 174, 139, 141, 142, 173

Bolgara (Walher), a country, 36

Borrak (Waroch), 37, 142

Bosphorus, the, 79, 226

Boucicault, Marshal (Hanns Putzokardo), 4, 107, 111, 112, 231

Bourhan uddin (Wurthanadin) defeated by a son of Bajazet, 10; is executed by Kara Yelek, 16, 121, 114, 120

Boursbai (Malleckchafcharff, Balmander), 51, 182–191; his letter to Shah Rokh, 184, 187

Bread, not eaten in Siberia, 36; made of millet, 41; not eaten in Jagataï, 47; nor in Great Tatary, 48

Breslau (Bressla), 102

Broussa (Wursa, Wurssa), 6, 10, 34, 40

Buddhism, 140

Bulgaria (Pulgrey), 2, 39, 78, 89

———— Eastern, 107, 120

———— Western, 107

———— Central, 13

Bulgarians, are of the Greek Church, 78

Burgundy (Burguny), Duke of; _see_ Comte de Nevers.

Burial or disposal of the dead, in Siberia, 36; Circassia, 50; by Mahomedans, 69; Greeks, 83; Greek priests, 84, 233; Armenians, 94, 95; Armenian priests, 94, 240

Burzelland (Zwürtzenland), 38, 144

Caffa, 49, 176, 79, 99

Caiphas, house of, 203

Cairo (Miser, Alkenier, Kayr), 23, 50, 181–182, 60, 64, 87

Caliph (Calypha), the, 98

Calvary, Mount (Calvarie), 57

Camels, at Adana, 19, 123; India, 25, 132; milk and flesh as food, 48

(Capadocie), 51, 52, 184, 186

Capernaum, 185

(Carthago) Kairvan?, 51, 184

Caspian Sea (White Sea), 45; sea of Ghel, 160

Castle of the Sparrow-hawk, 41–43, 149

Catalans, in Egypt, 214

Caucasus, forest of the, 52, 186

Chaldæa (Kalda), 46, 167

Chateaumorant (Centumaranto), a prisoner at Nicopolis, 4, 111; defends Constantinople, 231

(Chebakh) Kepek?, a vassal of Timour, 26

China (Chetey, Cetey), 28, 133

Christians, at Samsoun, 13; Joulad, 34, 138; Caffa, 49, 176, 99; on the Jordan, 60; in Malabar, 61, 211–212; conversion of, to Mahomedanism, 74, 222; on the Nile, 190; in Egypt, 190; of St. Thomas, 211–212

“Christians of the girdle”, 190

Christmas in the Armenian Church, 93

Church, of the Holy Sepulchre, 57, 198, 60; of St. Sophia, 80, 231, 101

Churches at Jerusalem, 58–60, 196, 197–203

Churches in Armenia, building of, 94

Circassia (Starchas, Zerckchas), 50, 99

Circassians (Ischerkas), slave dealers, 50, 178, 179; are of the Greek Church, 78; Tcherkess and Zikhes, 177

Citadel on Mount Sion, 59, 203

Coins, of the Golden Horde, 139, 141, 142; of Jagataï, 170; of the khan Uzbek, 173; of the Bolgars, 174

Constantine, the emperor, 80, 83, 84, 89

Constantine, ancient city of, 151

Constantinople (Stampol, Istimboli), 4, 39, 52, 79, 80, 83, 84, 96, 100, 101, 119, 231

Conversion of Christians to Mahomedanism, 74, 222

Corn in Kiptchak (Ephepstzach), 49

Cotton grown in Ghilan, 44

Couriers in Egypt, 52–53; in Russia, 192

Court ceremonials in Egypt, 52, 54, 192

Cracow (Krackow), 101

Croatia (Windischy land), 6, 113

Cross, shining, at Angora, 40

Cyprus I. (Zypern, Zyperen), 19, 62, 64, 88; John, king of, captured by the Egyptians, 187

Damascus (Damaschk, Tamaschen), siege of, 22; destruction of the great mosque, 23, 128–129

Daniel the prophet, where buried, 59

Danube R. (Tunaw), 2, 4, 38, 39, 79, 101

Dardanelles (Hellespant and Poges for Boghaz), 79

Darial pass, the, 89

D’Artois, Philippe, Comte d’Eu, 109

Date-plum, the, 47, 168

David, King, where buried, 59

Day (They), the, 74, 221

Dead, prayers for the, in Armenian Church, 94

Death, by cutting in two parts, 19; burial alive, 20, 125, 22; hanging, 24; trampling under the hoofs of horses, 28, 133; strangulation, 33; sawing in two parts, 51, 183; impalement, 51; poisoning, 154; breaking on the wheel, 183

Delhi (Dily), besieged by Timour, 26, 131; capital of Lesser India, 47

Denisly (Donguslu), 40, 148

De Noillac, Philibert, grand-master of Rhodes, 109, 110

Derbent, 34, 136

Desert, at the end of the earth, 35; of Arabia, 46, 54

Despot of Servia, 3, 111

—— of the Morea, 228

Devlett byrdy (Doblabardi), 37, 142

Divorce in Armenia, 94, 241

Dobroudja, the, 110

Dogs, in Siberia, 35; where they are eaten, 35

Dokouz Khatoum, protectress of Christians, 157

Don R. (Tena), 49

Dragons, in the desert of Arabia, 46; at Rome, 90–91

Dyarbekr (Hamunt, capital of Black Turkey), 43, 152

(Edigi); _see_ Ydegou

Eger, 102

Egypt, 50, 61

Elephants, at battle of Angora, 21; in India, routed by camels, 25, 132; in Lesser India, 47

Elias, his burial-place, 52; chapel on Horeb, 55; a prophet of the Mahomedans, 188

Emperor, the Greek, 101

———— the Roman, 95, 240

Enoch, his burial-place, 52; a prophet of the Mahomedans, 188

Ephesus (Asia), 40, 146

Epiphany, the, in the Armenian Church, 93

Erivan (Erban), 33, 136

Ersingan (Ersinggan), taken by Bajazet, 21; capital of Lesser Armenia, 43; a kingdom of Armenia, 86

Esaias, the prophet, 59

Ethiopia, 209

Eucharist, the, in Syrian Church, 78; in Greek Church, 81, 232; in Armenian Church, 91–92, 238, 240

Euphrates R., 43, 151, 46, 61, 209, 117, 168, 186

Eve, the grave of, 60

Faradj (Joseph, Jusuphda), 19, 124, 51, 122

Fasting, among Mahomedans, 70; in the Greek Church, 82, 83, 232; in the Armenian Church, 93, 239

Felt, raising to the White, 48, 172

Female, warriors in Great Tatary, 37; debauchery in Egypt, 52, 191

Fictions, battle of serpents and vipers, 12; Timour lies uneasy in his grave, 30; castle of the sparrow-hawk, 41–42; (Phiradamschyech), a tercentenarian, 45, 162; destruction of mirror at Alexandria, 63, 215; the giant’s shin-bone, 64, 216; the Bosphorus, a cutting by Alexander the Great, 79, 226; the emperor Constantine, 83; Tiridates is turned into a pig, 88, 236; Tiridates, the dragon and unicorn, 90; the forty Armenian knights, 96–98

Fire worship, 65

Fish, exported from Tana, 49, 175; in the R. Jordan, 60

Florentines, in Egypt, 214

Fortress, of Alindsha, 24, 44; Gallipoli, 39; Kilia, 101. See these names

Frioul (Frigaul), 89

Frisingen, 102

Furs, articles of commerce, at Bolgar, 174; Saraï, 174; Astrahan, 174

Gabriel the archangel, 57

Gaetans, in Egypt, 214

Galata (Kalathan), 79, 225

(Galgarien); _see_ Khozary

Galilee, Mt., 59, 204

Galleys, in Danube, 4, 38; sea of Azoff, 49; of Cyprus, 63

Gallipoli (Karipoli, Chalipoli), 6, 112, 39

Ganges, R. (Rison), 61, 210

Genoa, 49, 79

Genoese, at Samsoun, 13, 119; Alexandria, 62, 214; Galata, 79; relations with Persia, 154; secure the silk of Ghilan, 160; in Crimea, 189; at defence of Constantinople, 231

Georgia (Gursey, Kursi), a kingdom, 34, 43

Georgians (Gorchillas, Kurtzi), are Christians and warlike, 43; are of the Greek Church, 78

Gharny (Kirna), 44, 158

Ghilan, 44, 160

Giant, story of a, 64, 216–219

Ginger, in Malabar, 62

Giraffe (surnasa), in Lesser India, 47, 169

Gold, of India, 26; Arabia, 26; in river Ganges, 61, 210

Golden Horde; _see_ Great Tatary

Gori, 43, 153

Gospel, the (Evangely), 77; not read in Armenia, 96, 241

Gothia (Sudi), 50

Goths (Kuthia) are of the Greek Church, 78

Grass poisoned, 23

Greece, 6, 39, 96

Greek Church, 78, 81–85, 231–232, 233

Greeks, in Lazistan, 43; Caffa, 49; Gothia, 50

(Greiff, Hannsen), executed after Nicopolis, 5

Hair, never cut by Walachians, 38; not cut by Armenian priests, 92

(Hamunt) Kara Amid; _see_ Dyarbekr

(Hanns, burgrave of Nuremberg), 3

Hebron (Ebron), 56, 195–196, 60

Herat (Herren, Hore), 30, 45, 161

Herman (of Cily), 3

Hermanstadt (Hermenstat), 38

Hermon (Germoni), 52, 185

Herod, house of, 58, 202

Hillah, 187

Hippodrome at Constantinople, 79, 228

(Hoder of Hungary), 7

Holy Fire, the, 57, 198–200

Holy Places, the, 57–60, 198–206; when possessed by the Mahomedans, 60, 207

Holy Sepulchre, the, 57–60, 198–200

Holy Trinity, the, rejected by the Greeks, 81; accepted by the Armenians, 87

Horeb (Oreb), 55

Hormuz I (Hognus) 45, 164

Hormuzd, worship of, 150

Horse flesh, the food of Tatars, 48

Horses, in Siberia, 35

Hospitals, at Broussa, 40; at Jerusalem, 58, 201

Houlakou’s tomb at Meragha, 157

Houses, in Adrianople, 39; Broussa, 40; Herat, 45; Caffa, 49; Cairo, 50, 182

Hungarians, the, 3

Hungary (Ungern, Ungeren), 1–2, 6, 38, 39, 89

Ibraila (Ubereil), 38

Imbros I (Lempric), 80, 230

Impalement in Egypt, 51

Incense, employed in Armenia, 96; of Arabia and India, 96

India, Greater, 45, 46

———— Lesser, 24–26, 130, 47

(Indian Sea), 47

Indus, R., 209

Iron cage, the, 126

Iron gate (Temurtapit), on the Danube, 2, 39; Darial pass, 89; Derbent, 34, 136; Khorasan, 25, 131, 136

Isaac, 60, 195

Ispahan (Hisspahan), occupied by Timour, and Ali Koutchava’s revolt, 27, 133, 45

Italy, 87, 101

Italians, at Samsoun, 13; Caffa, 49; Alexandria, 62

Jacob, grave of, 60, 195

Jacobites, in Syria, 78, 190; their chapel at Jerusalem, 200, 225

Jagataï (Zakatay), 47, 170

Jakam (Zechem), 51, 183

Jalal uddin (Segelalladin), 37, 141, 158

Janibek, 154, 173

Janyk (Genyck, Tcyenick, Zegnikch), province of, 12, 41

Jambolouk (Inbu) Tatars, the, 50, 180

Jehangir (Zychanger), 32, 134

Jengiz Khan, 113, 166

Jericho, valley of, 60, 206

Jerusalem (Kurtzitalil), 51, 56, 57–60, 198, 93

Jews, at Caffa, 49, 176; Jerusalem, 60

Jihoun, R., 186

Jordan, R., 51, 57, 59, 60, 205, 206

Josophat, valley of, 52

Joulad (Setzulet, Zulat), 34, 138, 49

Justinian, statue of, at Constantinople, 80, 228–230

Kaffa; _see_ Caffa

Kais or Keis I (Kaff), 46, 165

Kaisarieh (Gaissaria), 16, 41

Kaïtak (Kayat) Tatars, the, 50, 179

Kaliakra (Kallacercka), 39, 145

Karabagh (Scharabach, Karawag), 31, 134, 86, 234

Karaman, at war with Bajazet, 7; his capture and execution, 8, 118

———— conquest of, by Bajazet, 7–10; a country in Great Turkey, 40

———— (Laranda), the capital of Karaman, 7, 118, 40

Karamora, Black River, 210

Kara Yelek (Otman), 14–18, 120, 20, 114, 154

Kara Youssouf (Joseph), 30, 32, 33, 134, 154

Kars (Kray), 33, 136

Kashan (Kaffer), 34

(Kaylamer) Kalamila?, 52, 188

Kedron, R., 59, 203

Keghart monastery, 159

Kemakh (Kamach), 43, 150

(Kennan) Kermian?, 40

Kepek (Tchebackh), a ruler of the Golden Horde, 37, 141

Kerak, in Arabia, 217

Kerasous (Kureson), 41, 148, 43

Kerym byrdy (Kerumberdin), 37, 142

Khan, the, of White Tatary, 16; of Chetey, 28

Kharput (Kayburt), 43, 150

Khelat (Gelat), 44, 158

Khorasan (Horossen), a kingdom of Persia, 30, 45, 161

Khozary (Galgarien), 52, 189

Khwarezm (Horosaman), 49, 172

Kiankary (Wegureisari), 40, 148

Kilia (Gily), 101

(King-sultan); _see_ Mamelouk sultan

(Kings of Great Tartaria), 36–37, 140–143

Kiptchak (Distihipschach, Ephepstzach), 37, 49, 189

Kirman (Kerman), 45, 163

Kishm I (Keschon), 45, 164

Knitted shoes, worn in Ghilan, 44

(Kocken), in Danube, 38, 144; at Tana, 49; Black Sea, 100

Kohrasar (Karasser), 43, 151

(Koldigen), 57, 197

Konieh (Konia), 7–9, 40

Koran (Alkoray, Alkoran), the, 67, 76

Kour, R. (Chur, Tygris), 86, 234

Kourdistan (Churten, Churt), 31, 43, 152

Koutahieh (Kachey), 40

Kronstadt or Cronstadt; Brassova (Bassaw), 38, 144

(Kuchler, Ulrich), killed at Nicopolis, 4

Kyrkyer (Karckeri), 49, 176, 224

(Lambe), Quilon?, 61, 212

Landshut (Landzhut), 102

Lapis lazuli, in the church of St. Sophia, 80

Lazistan (Lasia), 43, 150

League, a, defined by the author, 46, 167

Leah (Lia), the grave of, 60

Lemburg (Limburgch), 101

Lemon (liuon), the, employed in Malabar against serpents, 62; history of, 213; employed in Ceylon against leeches, 213–214

Lezghistan (Lochinschan), 34, 136

Lightning, death by, courted in Circassia, 50, 178

Lions, in Babylon, 47; Lesser India, 47

Lombardy (Lamparten), 89

Lord’s prayer, in Armenian, 102; Tatar, 102

Lucca (Lickcha), 34

Magnesia (Maganasa), 40, 147

(Mäg), Mahhy? destructor of gods, a title of Boursbaï, 52, 187

Mahomedans, their sects, 65, 73–74, 221; at prayer, 67–68; neglect of prayer, how punished, 69; places for worship, 69, 220; burial of the dead, 69; fasting, 70; call to prayer, 70; festivals, 70–71, 221; grief for the dead, 72; wine forbidden and the reason why, 72; good custom in trade, 73; estimate of the Saviour, 75–76; of Christianity, 76–78

Mahomet, 44; his tomb, 54, 71; birth and appearance of, 65, 219–220, 78; becomes Caliph, 67; doctrine and laws, 67–75; held the Caucasus in veneration, 186

Makou (Meya), 44, 159

Malabar (Lambor), where pepper grows, 61, 211

Malahidah sect, the; _see_ the Day

Malatia (Malathea), 18, 122–123

Mamelouk sultans, captives sent to, by Bajazet, 7, 113; their succession, 51, 182; court ceremonials, 52, 54, 192; couriers, 52, 192; pigeon service, 53, 192

Mamre (Mambertal), 56, 194

(Manstzusch), 99, 143

(Mansur), a brother of Aboubekr, 33, 135

Mardin (Merdin), 43, 154

Mare’s milk drank fasting, 48

Marriage customs, of the Yasses and Georgians, 85, 234; Armenians, 95

Mary Magdalen, 58

———— Cleophas, 58

Massanderan, 26, 29, 44

Meat, raw, eaten by Tatars, 48

Medina (Madina), 71

Mehdy, the, or celestial judge, Shyite belief of him, 186; Sunnite belief, 187

Meisen (Neichsen), 102

Menagerie at Babylon, 47, 168

Meragha (Maragara), 44, 157

Mile, an Italian, defined by the author, 46, 167

Milk of mares and camels for food, 48

Millet, in Siberia, 36; Sinope, 41; Great Tatary, 48

Mingrelia (Magrill, Megrellen), 43, 153, 99

Mingrelians, are of the Greek Church, 43, 78

Mintash or Mantash (Mathas), 51, 183

Miracle, at Samsoun, 12; by St. Demetrius, 39, 146; at Angora, 40; Sinaï, 55, 193; the Withered tree, 56; Holy Sepulchre, 57, 199; St. Ann’s well, 58, 202; walls of Constantinople, 84; by St. Gregory, 88–90; St. Silvester, 88; St. John the Evangelist, 147

Miran Shah (Mirenschach), 30, 32, 133, 134, 114

Mirror at Alexandria, 62–63, 215

Mirtcha, John (Werterwaywod), voyevoda of Wallachia, 2, 110, 145

Miszr Khodja (Miseri), 32, 134

Mitrovitz (Mittrotz), 6

Mocenigo, Giovanni, 110

Mohammed, the descendant of Ali, 186

(Molwa), an infidel priest, 65, 219

Mongols, the (Mugal), 50, 179, 114, 126

Moses, 54–56, 76

Mosque at Damascus, described, 22, 128; destroyed, 23, 129

Mouhammed, son of Bajazet, defeats Bourhan uddin, 10; is ruler of Sebaste, 18, 121

Mouravieff, M. Andréy, 147

Nahitchevan (Nachson), 44, 156

Nazareth, 52, 56, 185

Neapolitans, in Egypt, 214

Nestorians, 140, 157, 158, 162, 190

Nevers, Comte de (Duke of Burguny), at Nicopolis, 3, 111; a prisoner, 4, 111, 113; intercedes for several nobles, 5, 112; at Gallipoli and Broussa, 6–7, 112

Nicopolis, siege and battle of, 2–4, 107–112, 100

Nile, R. (Nilus), 61, 62, 169

Nisibis (Antioch), 44, 160

Noah, 44

“None”, Nono, ruler in Badakshan, 166

Olives, Mt. of, 59

Oljaïtou, tomb of, 132

Omar, the caliph, 67

(Origens); _see_ Anjak

Orsova, 107

Ossets, Alans (Yassen, Aff), are of the Greek Church, 78; marriage customs, 85, 234; history, 223–224

Ostriches, in Lesser India, 47

Othman, the caliph, 67

Oulou Mohammed (Machmet), 37, 142

Ourjenj (Orden), 49, 172, 154

Ormi, the Ur of Jordanus Catalani, 157–158

Ourroum Kaleh (Hrumkula), 22, 127–128

Oxus, R. (Edil), 49, 172

Palaces at Constantinople, 79, 228

Paradise, 43, 61, 209, 186

Parrots, in Lesser India, 47

Pearls, at Kishm I, 45

Pelicans, in Arabia, 54, 193

(Pentznawer, Wernher), killed at Nicopolis, 4

Pera, 79, 225

Pergri, 126

Persia, 26, 30, 34, 43, 44, 45, 61, 89

———— King of, 7, 114

Pepper, cultivation of, at Malabar, 61, 62

Pettau (Petaw), Duchy of, 6

(Phiradamschyech), a tercentenarian, 45, 161–162

Pigeons, carrier, in Egypt, and their training, 53, 192

Pilate, house of, 58, 202

Pirates in Black Sea, 100

Pisans, in Egypt, 214

Poland (Polan), 102

Pope, the, 63, 81

Poti (Kathon, Bothan), 43, 153, 99

Poulad (Polet), 37, 141

Prayers for the dead, in the Armenian Church, 94

Preachers, Order of, 44, 159

Precious stones, at Hormuz, 46; Badakshan, 46, 166; in the Ganges, 61, 210

Prester John, 52, 189, 57, 58, 140, 191

Quilon? (Lambe), 61, 212

Rahova, 2, 108

Raw meat as food, 48

Rebecca’s grave, 60

Regensburg, 102

Relics, of St. Catherine, 55; St. John Chrysostom, 58, 202; St. Stephen, 58, 202; St. Nicholas, 147; St. Clement, 177; St. Joachim, 202

Resht (Ress), 44, 160

Rey (Rei), 44, 155

Rhinosceros? in Badakshan, 167

Rhodes, knights of, Smyrna their possession, 147; at taking of Alexandria, 214; at defence of Constantinople, 231

Rice, grown in Ghilan, 44

Richartinger, Leonard (Lienhart), the author’s master, 1; unhorsed at Nicopolis, 3; killed in that battle, 4

Rivers that flow out of Paradise, 61, 209–210

Robbers, in Circassia, 50, 178

Roman Catholics, at Makou, 44; Caffa, 49

(Rom) Asia Minor, 51, 52

Rome, 63, 81, 89, 91

(Rumany) Abyssinia?, 52, 190

Russia (Rewschen), 50, 89

Russia (Reissen), White, the Lesser, 101, 245

Russians (Rivssen), are of the Greek Church, 78, 137

(Sadurmelickh), 37, 144

St. Ann, 58

St. Auxentius (Aurencius), 93, 239

St. Basil, 41, 148

St. Bartholomew (Bartlome), 87, 235

St. Catherine, 54–56, 193–194

St. Clement, 50, 177

St. Constantine, 83

St. Demetrius (Sanctiniter), 39, 146

St. George (Jörig), patron saint of Georgia, 34

St. Gregory, the “Illuminator”, 87–93, 235–238

St. Helena, 197

St. James the Less, 59, 206

———— the Greater, 93, 239

St. Joachim, 202

St. John the Baptist, 58, 201, 205

St. John the Evangelist, 40, 147, 58

St. John Chrysostom, 58, 202

St. Nicholas, 40, 147

St. Rhipsime (Susanna), 87, 236

St. Sergius (Zerlichis), 93, 239

St. Silvester, 87–90, 237

St. Stephen (Steffan), 58, 200, 59, 202, 203

St. Thaddeus (Thaten), 87, 235, 160

St. Thomas, 211–212

Salonica (Salonikch), 39, 145

Samarkand (Semerchant), 28, 33, 47, 154

Samsoun (Samson), 12, 119, 14, 41, 79

Saracens, 51, 137

Sarah, the grave of, 60

Saraï (Sarei), 49, 173, 139, 141

Saraï, New, 173

Saraï-Banou, 137

Saros (Seres), 39

Saroukhan (Serochon), 40

Sary Kerman (Serucherman), 50, 176–177

Savages, in Siberia, 35, 139

Save, R. (Saw), 6

Saviour, the, 35, 52, 185, 56, 75–78, 83, 84

Saxony, 102

(Schenisis) Shems uddin?, 40

Schiltberger, Johann, addresses the reader, 1; at battle of Nicopolis, is made a prisoner and bound with a cord, 2–4; his life is spared, 5; suffers from wounds, 7; his duty as runner to Bajazet, 7; attempts to escape, 10–12; sent to the relief of Sebaste, 17; sent to Egypt, 19; becomes Timour’s prisoner, 21; is subject to Shah Rokh and Miran Shah, 30–31; passes into the hands of Aboubekr, 33; sent into Great Tatary, 33; enumerates the countries he visited, 38–50; is three months at Gallipoli, 39; at the siege of Constantinople, 80; spends three months at Constantinople, 81; is in the service of “Manstzusch”, 99; effects his escape, 99; voyage to Constantinople, 100; enters that city, and is taken before the Emperor, 101; returns to his home, 101–102

Schliemann, Dr., 228

(Schyackin), 51, 183

Scorpions, in Badakshan, 167

Scutari (Skuter), 79

Sea, the Black, 13, 41, 49, 50, 79, 99, 101

———— (the Dead), 59, 204

———— (the Great) or Black, 79

———— (the Indian), 47

———— (the Red), 54, 193

———— (the White), or Caspian, 45, 161

———— (the White), 39

Sea monsters, in the Tigris, 47

Sects, Mahomedan, 65, 73–74

Serpents, at Samsoun, 12; Badakshan, 46; Desert of Arabia, 46; near the Tigris, 47; in Malabar, 62

Servia (Iriseh), Stephen, prince of, 3, 111, 109

Shabran, (Samabram), 34, 135

Shabran-tchaï, 135

Shahinshah (Schachister), 27

Shah Rokh (Scharock), 30–31, 86, 234, 126

Shaubek, in Arabia, 217

Sheeraz (Schiras), 45, 162–163

Shekis, the, 161

Sheky (Scheckhy), 44, 161

Shemahà (Schomachy), 45

Schirwan (Schuruan), 34, 45

Shishman (Schuffmanes), 13, 120, 107

Shoeless, Order of the, 34, 139

Shurky (Scherch), 23, 129

Shvishtov (Schiltaw), 2, 108–110

Shyites (Raphak), at Rey, 44, 156; destructors of mosque at Damascus, 129; their place of pilgrimage, 187

Siberia (Ibissibur), a country, described, 34–36, 139

Sibir or Isker (Ibissibur), a city, 49, 174; residence of the Shaïbani Khans, 174

Siege, of Nicopolis, 2, 107–109; Konieh, 8–9; Samsoun, 12; Sebaste, by Kara Yelek, 15; Malatia, 18; Sebaste by Timour, 20, 125; Aleppo, 22; Ain-tab, 22; Behesna, 22; Damascus, 22; Babylon, 24; Delhi, 26; Ispahan, 27; Alindsha, 44, 160, 130; Constantinople, 80, 231, 226

Sigismund, King of Hungary; appeals to Christendom, and invades Bulgaria, 1–2; occupies Widdin, 2; Rahova, 2; besieges Nicopolis, 2; at battle of Nicopolis, 2–4, 107, 109; flight, 3–4, 110, 113; passes the Dardanelles, 6

Silesia (Slesy), 102

Silk, at Astara, 34; Lezghistan, 34; Shirwan, 34, 45; Resht, 44; Sheky, 44

Silvester, Pope, 87–91

Simontornya (Synüher), Stephen, 5, 112

Sinaï (Muntagi), 52, 54–56, 193–194

Sindjar, 154

Sinope (Zepun, Synopp), 41, 100, 120

Sion, Mount, 59, 202–203

Sis (Syos, Siss), a kingdom of Armenia, 86; taken by Egypt, 87, 235, 126

Sivas, or Siwas (Sebast, Tamastk, Damastchk), 10, 118, 15–18, 20, 124–125, 41

Sledges, in Siberia, 35

Smyrna (Ismira), 40, 147

Snakes, in Siberia, 35

Solkhat (Vulchat), capital of Kiptchak, 49, 175

Solomon, temple of, 58, 59

———— tomb of, 59, 203

Soukhoum Kaleh (Zuchtun), 43, 152–153

Souleiman, son of Bajazet; spares the author’s life, 5; intercedes for re-captured prisoners, 12; goes to the relief of Sebaste, 17, 121; defeats the (White Tartars), 19

Souleiman Shah (Suleymanschach), a counsellor of Timour, 25

Soultanyà (Soltania), 26, 132, 44

Soutchava (Sedschoff), 101

Spices, at Damascus, 24; Kais I, 46; Malabar, 62

Sracimir, John (Hannsen of Bodem), 5, 112, 107

(Stainer, little), killed at Nicopolis, 4

Storks, near the Tigris, 47

Strength, feats of, by Aboubekr, 33; (Sadurmelickh), 37

(Sygun), or Zikhes; _see_ Circassians

Syhoun, R., 186

Syria, 22, 57

Syrians, at Caffa, 49; are Jacobites, 78, 224

Tabreez (Thaures), a kingdom of Persia, 30, 32; chief city of all Persia, 44, 154

Taharten (Tarathan), 21, 125, 126

Takavor (Takchauer), the Armenian for king, 90, 238

Takfour, title of Greek emperor, 188, 238

Tamerlane; _see_ Timour

Tana (Alathena), now Azoff, 49, 175, 79, 138

Tartars or Tatars?, 171–172

Tatars, White, besiege Angora, 18; vanquished by Souleiman, 19; desert Bajazet at Angora, 21, 117

Tatary, Great, 33, 48, 170; khans of, 36–37, 140–143; customs in, 48, 172; steppes of, 50

Tatary, White, 7, 114–116

Tchadibek khan (Sedichbechan), 36, 140

Tchekre (Zeggra), 33–37, 139, 99, 142

Tell el-faras (Talapharum), 52, 185

Terek R. (Edil), 34, 137

Ternovo (Ternau), 13, 120, 39, 108

(That) Mourtadd? Crimean Goths so called, 50, 176

Tiflis (Tiffliss), a kingdom of Armenia, 86, 126

Tigris R. (Schatt), 47, 168, 61, 209, 186

Timour, at Sebaste, 20, 125; at Angora, 21; Broussa, 21; campaign in Syria, 22, 125, 127; besieges Damascus, 23, 128–129; destroys “Babylon”, 24; invades Lesser India, 24–26, 130–131; expedition to Masanderan, 27; besieges Ispahan, and his treachery there, 27, 133; expedition to China, 28, 133; illness and death, 29, 133; lies uneasy in his grave, 30; his sons, 30, 133; his capital, 33; cruelties, at Sebaste, 20, 125; Aleppo, 22, 127; Damascus, 23, 128; Ispahan, 27–28, 133

Timour Tash, 118, 123

Tirgovisht (Türckisch), 38

Tiridates (Derthatt), king of Armenia, 87–91, 236–237, 159

———— throne of, 159

Toktamish, 115, 138, 140, 154

Towers of human heads, at Damascus, 23; Ispahan, 27

Transylvania (Sybenbürgen), 38

Trebizond (Trabessanda), a kingdom, 41, 79, 150

Troy (Troya), its ruins, 79, 226–228

Turkey, Black, 43

Turkey, Great, 40

Turkomans of the White Sheep, 152

Turks, Ottoman, 114

Tuscany (Duschkan), 89

Tzaref, 173

(Ugine), the, Ung Kut? 36, 139–140

Unicorns, in Badakshan, 46, 166–167; at Rome, 90–91

Velvet, made at Venice, 34; Lucca, 34

Venetians, in Egypt, 62, 214; at Gallipoli, 112; at Salonica, 146; relations with Persia, 154; secure the silk of Ghilan, 160; at Tana, 175; Galata, 225; defence of Constantinople, 231

Vineyards, at Trebizond, 41; Lazistan, 43; Kohrasar, 43, 151; Crimea (Gothia), 50

Venice, 34, 49

Vipers, at Samsoun, 12; from the Black Sea, 13

Virgin, in the Castle of the Sparrow-hawk, 41–43; 9000 carried away captives by Timour, 20

Virgin’s castles or towers, 149

Virgin Mary, 52, 185, 57, 58, 75, 76, 93

Volga R., 136, 173

Walachia (Walachy, Walchi), 2, 38, 89, 101

———— Greater, 38;

———— Lesser, 38, 101

Walachians, are Christians, 38; never cut their hair or beard, 38; are of the Greek Church, 78

Walls of Constantinople, 84, 232, 101, 244

Warlike people, in (Black Turkey), 43; Georgia, 43; Jagataï, 47; Great Tatary, 48

Water poisoned, 23

Widdin or Widin (Bodem), 2, 107, 39

Wine, not drunk in Great Tatary, 48; why forbidden to Mahomedans, 72

Withered Tree, Lord of the, 52, 189; virtue of the, 56, 194–195

Ydegou, (Edigi), 34–37, 140–141, 143, 176

Zacharias, 59, 206

(Zuspillen) Sicily?, 51, 184

T. RICHARDS, PRINTER, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET.

The Hakluyt Society.

REPORT FOR 1879.

The Council of the Hakluyt Society have pleasure in being able to report to the Members that their numbers are increasing, and that the funds are in a satisfactory state. The number of effective Members of the Society is now 240.

The attention of the Council has been given to an arrangement which will facilitate the completion of sets of volumes by old Members, and the acquisition of back volumes which they may desire to possess by new Members who may not wish to purchase complete sets. The whole series can now be purchased at the rate of 8s. 6d. a volume; namely, for £24 4s. 6d., the price increasing at the rate of 8s. 6d. as each new volume is added. The same rule applies when a Member requires any portion of the series equal to, or exceeding, a quarter of the whole number of volumes. When a Member requires a single back volume, or any number less than a quarter of the whole series, he may, with the consent of the Council, be supplied at the rate of 10s. each volume.

Since the last Report the following volume has been issued to Members:—

THE HAWKINS’ VOYAGES, DURING THE REIGNS OF HENRY VIII, QUEEN ELIZABETH, AND JAMES I. Edited, with an Introduction, by Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S.

And the following volume is nearly ready for issue:—

THE BONDAGE AND TRAVELS OF JOHANN SCHILTBERGER, FROM HIS CAPTURE AT THE BATTLE OF NICOPOLIS IN 1396, TO HIS ESCAPE AND RETURN TO EUROPE IN 1427. Translated and edited by Commander Buchan Telfer, R.N.

Three volumes are in the hands of the printer, namely:—

THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE COMMENTARIES OF AFONSO DALBOQUERQUE. Translated and edited by Walter de Gray Birch, Esq.

THE VOYAGES OF JOHN DAVIS, AND HIS WORKS ON NAVIGATION. Edited by Captain A. H. Markham, R.N.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN INDIES, BY FATHER JOACHIM ACOSTA. Edited by Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S.

Besides the above volumes, which will meet the just demands of the Fellows up to the end of the present year, several other works have been undertaken by editors.

These are:—

ROSMITAL’S EMBASSY TO ENGLAND, SPAIN, ETC., IN 1466. Edited by R. E. Graves, Esq.

THE JOURNAL OF THE PILOT GALLEGO, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE VOYAGES OF MENDAÑA. Translated and edited by W. A. Tyssen Amherst, Esq.

NARRATIVE OF THE PORTUGUESE EMBASSY TO ABYSSINIA IN 1520, BY FATHER FRANCISCO ALVAREZ. Translated and edited by Lord Stanley of Alderley.

A MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF BERMUDA IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Sloane, 750). Edited by Lieutenant-General Sir J. Henry Lefroy, K.C.M.G., C.B.

VOYAGES OF JAN HUIGEN VAN LINSCHOTEN TO THE EAST INDIES. Edited by Arthur Burnell, Esq., Phil.D.

THE JOURNAL OF THE JESUIT DESIDERI, DURING HIS MISSION TO TIBET; from the original Manuscript. To be translated and edited by C. E. D. Black, Esq.

The following six Members retire from the Council:—

E. A. BOND, ESQ. ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD COLLINSON, K.C.B. AUGUSTUS W. FRANKS, ESQ. W. E. FRERE, ESQ., C.M.G. J. WINTER JONES, ESQ. SIR CHARLES NICHOLSON, BART.

Of these the three first are recommended for re-election, and the names of the following are proposed for election:—

THE EARL OF DUCIE, F.R.S. E. H. BUNBURY, ESQ. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR H. THUILLIER, C.S.I., F.R.S.

_Statement of the Accounts of the Society from May 1877, to June 1879._

£ s. d.│ £ s. d. Balance left at the │ Mr. Richards for printing 337 10 6 Bankers (May 1877) 654 15 0 │ Messrs. Wyman 15 19 0 Received by Bankers, May │ Mr. Quaritch for a copy of 1877, to June 1879 620 2 6 │ Acosta 5 0 0 │ Signor de Gubernatis for the │ manuscript of Desideri 40 0 0 │ Mr. Coote for transcriptions 10 4 7 │ Mr. Muller for the Barents map 10 0 0 │ Petty cash 10 0 0 │ Cheque books 0 4 6 │ ————————— │ 428 18 7 │ Balance at the Bankers 851 18 11 ————————— │ ————————— £1280 17 6 │ £1280 17 6 ————————— + —————————