Chapter 136

Kuniyah (Conia), Iconium, Koniah, i. 43, 44n 356n Kunlun (Pulo Condore), ii. 277n Kurd dynasty, i. 85n Kurdistan (Curdistan), i. 9n, 62n, 83, 84n Kurds, the, i. 60, 62n, 85n Kúreh-i-Ardeshír (Kuwáshír), i. 91n Kuria Maria Islands, ii. 405n Kuridai, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n _Kúrkah_, great drum, i. 340n, 341n Kurmishi, ii. 474n Kurshids of Lúristán, i. 85n _Kurut_ (Curd), i. 262, 265n Kus, Cos (in Egypt), ii. 439n Kushluk, the Naiman, ii. 20n Kutan, son of Okkodai, ii. 32n Kutchluk Khan (Buddhist), Chief of the Naïmans, i. 188n Kutuktemur, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n Kutulun, Princess, ii. 465n Kuwinji, _see_ Kaunchi Kuyuk Khan, i. 14n, 245, 247n Kwa-chau (Caiju), at mouth of Great Canabon Yang-tse-Kiang, ii. 144n, 175n Kwan Hsien, ii. 41n Kwansinfu, ii. 221n, 224n Kwawa, _i.e._ Java, etymology, ii. 119n Kwei-chau (Cuiju), ii. 82n, 124n, 127n, 129n Kwei-hwa-ch’eng, or Kuku Khotan, i. 278n, 286n, 287n Kweilei River, i. 345n Kyŭng-sang province, ii. 262n

Lac (Wallachia), Lacz, i. 54n, ii. 487, 489n, 490, 491n Ladies’ dresses in Badakhshan, i. 160, 163n Ladies of Kinsay, ii. 186 Lagong, ii. 279n Lahore (Dalivar, Dilivar), i. 99, 104n, 105n, ii. 426n, 427n Lahsá, ii. 348n Lájwurd mines, i. 162n Lake, Caindu, ii. 53, 72n —— Fanchau, ii. 29n —— Kinsay, ii. 186, 196n, 200, 214n —— of Palace at Cambaluc, i. 365, 370n —— Pleasure parties on, ii. 205, 211n —— Talifu, ii. 80 —— Yunnan-fu, ii. 66 Laknaoti, ii. 427n Lakshamana Deva, king of Kashmir, i. 104n Lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, i. 28n; their superstitions and rites, 204, 207n, 220, 221n–223n, 301, 302, 314n, 315n; their monasteries, 303, 319n; marriage, 303, 319n. (_See_ also Bakhshi.) Lambri, kingdom of, ii. 299, 300n, 306, 307n; situation of, 301n Lances of Sago Palm, ii. 305n Lanchang, ii. 279n Land of Darkness, ii. 484 _seqq._; market in, 486n Langdarma, i. 168n, 170n Langting Balghasun, i. 306n Languages used in Mongol Court and administration, i. 27, 28n–30n Lan-Ho, i. 305 Lanja Bálús, or Lankha bálús, ii. 308n Lanka (Ceylon), ii. 320n Lan Ki Hien (Nan-Che-hien), ii. 222n, 224n Lanner Falcons, i. 158, 162n, ii. 50 Lan-tsang kiang (Mekong) River, ii. 88n, 128n Lao-Kiun, or Lao-Tseu, the Philosopher, i. 322n, 325n, 326n Laos, people of, ii. 91n, 117n, 120n, 128n Lar, or Láṭ-Desa, ii. 367n —— province, ii. 363, 367n, 403n Latin version of Polo’s Book, _63_, _81_, _90_, _95_, _100_ Latins, the term, i. 10, 12, 32 Latsé, Tibetan for musk, i. 279n Lauredano, Agnes, ii. 520n _Laurus Camphora_, ii. 237n Lawek, _Lawáki_, ii. 278n–279n Laxities of marriage customs, _see_ Marriage Layard, Mr., i. 85n Layas, _see_ Ayas —— Gulf of, i. 17n Leather, i. 395, 398; embroidered mats of Guzerat, 393–394, 395n Leaves, used for plates, ii. 365; green leaves said to have a soul, 366 Lecomte on Chinese war vessels, i. 37n Lembeser, Ismaelite fortress, i. 146n Lenzin, ii. 141n Leon I., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 42n Leon II., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 44n Leon III., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 25n Leon VI., last king of Lesser Armenia, i. 42n Leopards, ii. 282, 411, 431; taught to sit on horseback, i. 299; (Cheetas) kept for the Chase by Kúblái, 397 Lepechin, Professor, i. 9n Le Strange, Guy, i. 67n, 92n Leung Shan, i. 245n Levant, term applied by Polo to the kingdom of the Mongol Khans, i. 1, 5, 8n, 10, 32, 36, 44, 63, 84, 246, 270, ii. 50, 376, 466, 477, 491, 494 Lewchew, ii. 391n Lewis, _see_ St. Lewis Lewis XI. and XII. (France), i. 398n Lew-sha, old Chinese name for Lop Desert, i. 198n, 201n Leyes, _see_ Ayas Lhása, ii. 45n, 70n, 74n; _Labrang_ Monastery at, i. 319n _Li_, Chinese measure, supposed to be confounded with miles,