Chapter 154

Tung-chau (Tinju), ii. 154n Tung-hwang-hien, ancient Shachau, i. 206n Tung-kwan, fortress of the Kin sovereigns, ii. 14n, 25n, 27n _Tung-lo_ (Kumiz), i. 259n Tunguses, i. 271n Tunny fish, i. 108, 416n, ii. 442 Tun-o-kain (Tunocain), kingdom of Persia, i. 83, 86n, 127, 128n, 138n, 145n Turbit (radex Turpethi), ii. 389, 391n Turcomania (Anatolian Turkey), i. 43 Turgaut, day-watch, i. 381n Turkey, Great (Turkestan), i. 191, ii. 286n, 452, 457, 458, 462, 477 Turkistan chiefs send mission to kings of India, ii. 370n Turkmans and Turks, distinction between, i. 44n, 101n; horses, 43, 44n Turks, ancient mention of, i. 56; friend of Polo’s, 213; and Mongols, 294n Turmeric, ii. 226n Turner, Lieutenant Samuel, describes Yak of Tartary, i. 277n Turquans, Turkish horses, i. 43 Turquoises in Kermán, i. 90, 92n; in Caindu, ii. 53 Turtle doves, i. 97, 99n Turumpak, Hormuz, i. 111n Tutia (Tutty), preparation of, i. 125, 126n, ii. 398 Tuticorin, ii. 372n Tu T’song, Sung Emperor of China, ii. 150n, 211n Tver, ii. 489n Twelve, a favourite round number, ii. 426n —— Barons over Khan’s Administration, i. 430, ii. 154 Twigs or arrows, divination by, i. 241, 242n Tyuman, ii. 481n Tyunju, porcelain manufacture, ii. 235, 242n Tylor, Dr. E. B., on _Couvade_, ii. 93n, 94n Tzarev, i. 6n Tzaritzyn, i. 6n, 57n

Ucaca (Ukak, Ukek, Uwek), i. 5, 8n, 9n; Ukák of Ibn Batuta, a different place, ii. 488n Uch-baligh, _134_ Uch-Multán, i. 86n Udoe country, ii. 42, 598n Udong, ii. 279n Udyána, i. 164n Ughuz, legend of, ii. 485n Uighúr character, parent of present Mongol writing, i. 14n, 28n, 160n, 353n Uighúrs, the, i. 76n, 214n, 227n, ii. 179n, 462n Uiraca, i. 282n Uirad, _see_ Oirad Ujjain, legend of, ii. 349n; (_Ozene_), 397n, 426n Ukak, ii. 488n. (_See_ Ucaca.) Ulatai (Oulatay), Tartar envoy from Persia, i. 32, 33n, ii. 471, 474n Ulakhai, i. 282n Ulan Muren (Red River), i. 250n Ulugh Bagh, on Badakhshan border, i. 154n —— Mohammed, i. 8n Ulús, the, i. 10n U-man and Pe-man (Black and White Barbarians), ii. 73n Umbrellas, i. 351, 354n, 355n Unc Can (Aung Khan), _see_ Prester John Ung (Ungkút), Tartar tribe, i. 285, 294n Ungrat (Kungurat), Tartar tribe, i. 357, 358n Unicorn (Rhinoceros), in Burma, ii. 107; Sumatra, 285, 289, 299; legend of Virgin and, 285, 290n; horns of, 291n Unken, City, ii. 226, 229n, 230n, 233n Unlucky hours, ii. 364 U-nya-Mwezi superstition, i. 130n Urduja, Princess, ii. 465n Uriangkadai, ii. 46n Uriangkut (Tunguses), i. 271n Urianhai, the, i. 271n Urumtsi, i. 201n, 214n Urzú, i. 122n Uspenskoye (called also Bolgarskoye), i. 7n Uttungadeva, king of Java, ii. 275n Uwek, _see_ Ucaca Uzbeg Khan of Sarai, i. 4n, 6n, 352n Uzbegs of Kunduz, i. 156n, 163n Uzun Tati, coins, Chinese porcelain from, ii. 595n

Vair, the fur and animal, i. 257, ii. 479, 483n, 484n, 486n, 487 —— as an epithet of eyes, _124_ Valaghir district, i. 54n Vámbéry, Prof. Hermann, i. 10n, 28n, 54n, 57n, 170n, 214n, 237n, 401n, ii. 465 Vanchu (Wangchu), conspires with Chenchu against Ahmad, i. 417–419, 422n Van Lake, i. 57n Varaegian, Varangian, ii. 490n Varaha Mihira, astronomer, i. 104n Vardoj River, i. 156n, 172n _Varini_, ii. 490n Varsach, or Mashhad River, i. 155n, 156n _Vasmulo_, i. 292n _Vateria Indica_, ii. 396n Veil of the Temple, πέπλος βαβυλώνιος, i. 66 Vellalars, ii. 372n Venádan, title of king of Kaulam, ii. 380n Venetians, factory at Soldaia, i. 4n; expelled from Constantinople, 19n Venice, _2_, _15_, _16_, i. 2, 18, 19, 36, 41; return of Polos to, _4_, _24_, _54_, i. 36; its exaltation after Latin conquest of Constantinople, _9_; its nobles, _14_; Polo’s mansion at, _23_ _seqq._; galleys, _32_ _seqq._; archives at, _70_ _seqq._; articles brought from East by Marco to, i. 274, ii. 299, 305n Ventilators at Hormuz, ii. 452, 453n Verlinden, Belgian missionary, i. 249n _Verniques_, i. 382, 384n _Verzino Colombino_, ii. 380n. (_See_ also Brazil.) Vessels, war, i. 34, 37n; stitched of Kermán (πλοιάρια ῥαπτά), i. 108, 117n, ii. 415n; on the Kiang, 170, 171, 173n. (_See_ also Ships.) Vial, Paul, French missionary, ii. 63n Vijayanagar, 362n Vikramajit, legend of, ii. 349n Vikrampúr, ii. 99n Villard de Honnecourt, Album of, ii. 164n Vincent of Beauvais, ii. 325n Vincenzo, P., ii. 410n Vineyards, in Taican, i. 153; Kashgar, 181; Khotan, 188; in N. China, ii. 10, 11n, 13, 15n Vinson, Prof., on _Couvade_, ii. 91n Virgin of Cape Comorin, ii. 382n Visconti, Tedaldo, or Tebaldo, _see_ Theobald of Piacenza Vissering, on _Chinese Currency_, i. 428n, 429n Vochan (Unchan, Yungchan), ii. 84, 86, 89n; battle there, 98, 101, 104n–106n Vogels, J., ii. 601n, 602n Vokhan, _see_ Wakhán Volga, called Tigris, i. 5, 7n, 9n, ii. 485n, 488n Vos, Belgian Missionary, i. 249n Vughin, ii. 182 Vuju in Kiangnan, ii. 182 —— in Che-kiang, ii. 219

Wadoe tribe, ii. 420n Wakf, i. 67n Wakhán (Vokhan), dialect, i. 162n, 171, 173n —— Mountains, i. 162n, 175n Wakhjīr Pass, i. 175n, ii. 594n Wakhijrui Pass, _see_ Wakhjīr Pass Wakhsh, branch of the Oxus, ii. 5n Wakhtang II. king of Georgia, i. 53n Walashjird, i. 106n Wallachs, ii. 489n, 491n Wall of Alexander (or Caucasian), i. 50, 53n —— of Gog and Magog (_i.e._ China), _111_, i. 285, 292n Walnut-oil, i. 158, 162n Wami River, ii. 420n _Wang_, Chinese silk, i. 237n, 361n, ii. 113n Wang, king of Djungar, i. 250n Wangchu, _see_ Vanchu Wapila, i. 54n Warangol Ku, ii. 362n Warangs, ii. 490n Warner, Dr., ii. 604n War vessels, Chinese, i. 34, 37n Wassáf, the historian, i. 68n; his character of the Karaunahs, 101n; notices of Hormuz, 120n, 121n; eulogy of Kúblái, 332n; story of Kúblái, 440n; his style, ii. 150n; account of taking of Siang-yang, 150n, 167n; of Kinsay, 213n; Maabar, 333n; horse trade to India, 348n; treatment of them there, 351n; extract from his history, 495n Water, bitter, i. 110, 122n, 194 —— custom of lying in, i. 108, 119n; consecration by Lamas, 309n —— Clock, i. 378n Wathek, Khalif, i. 57n Wa-tzŭ, Lolo slaves, ii. 63n Weather-conjuring, i. 301, 309n–311n Wei dynasty, i. 205n, ii. 437n Weights and measures, ii. 590n–592n Wei-ning, ii. 130n Wei River in Shen-si, ii. 27n, 29n, 35n —— in Shan-tung, ii. 139n Wen River, ii. 139n Wen-chow, ii. 239n Westermarck, _Human Marriage_, ii. 48n, 93n Whale oil, including spermaceti, i. 108, 117n, ii. 407, 408n Whales, ii. 249; in Socotra, 407; Madagascar, 411, 414n; species of Indian Ocean, 408n; sperm (Capdoille), 411, 414n Wheaten bread not eaten, i. 438n; at Yachi, ii. 66, 74n White bears, ii. 479 —— bone, Chinese for Lolos, ii. 63n —— camels, i. 281 —— City, meaning of term among Tartars, i. 297n, ii. 14n —— City, of Manzi frontier, ii. 34n —— Devils, ii. 355, 359n —— Feast at Kúblái’s City, i. 390, 392n —— Horde, ii. 481n —— horses and mares, i. 300, 390; offered to Khan, 308n Whittington and his cat in Persia, i. 65n Wild asses and oxen, _see_ Asses and Oxen William of Tripoli, Friar, i. 22; his writings, 23n, 24n Williams, Dr. S. W., on the Chinese year, i. 388n; on elephants at Peking, 392n Williamson, Rev. A., i. 135n, 217n, ii. 8n, 11n, 12n, 15n, 16n, 137n Wilson, General Sir C., i. 45n Wind, poison (Simúm), i. 108, 120n; monsoons, ii. 264–265 Wine, of the vine, Persians lax in abstaining from, i. 84, 87n, 96n —— boiled, i. 84, 87n, 153n, 155n —— of ancient Kapisa, i. 155n; Khotan, 188; at Taianfu, ii. 13, 16n; imported at Kinsay, 202 —— rice (_Samshu_ or _darásún_), i. 441; and of wheat, ii. 56, 59n; at Yachi, 66, 85; spices, etc., in Caindu, 56; Kien-ch’ang, 59n, 85; Cangigu, 117; Coloman 123; Kinsay, 202, 204, 216 —— Palm (toddy), ii. 292, 297n, 376 —— from sugar, ii. 376, 442 —— date, i. 107, 115n, ii. 292, 297n, 442 —— (unspecified), at Khan’s table, i. 382; not used in Ma’bar, ii. 342; nor by Brahmans, 363 “Winter” used for “rainy season,” ii. 391n Wo-fo-sze, “Monastery of the lying Buddha,” i. 221n Wolves in Pamir, i. 171, 176n Women, Island of, ii. 405n–406n Women, of Kerman, their embroidery, i. 90; mourners, 109; of Khorasan, their beauty, 128; of Badakhshan, 160; Kashmir, 166; Khotan, 191; Kamul, fair and wanton, 210; Tartar good and loyal, 252; Erguiul, pretty creatures, 276; of the town, 414, ii. 202; of Tibet, evil customs, 44; Caindu, 53; Carajan, 66; Zardandan, _couvade_, 85; Anin, 116; Kinsay, charming, 186; respectful treatment of, 204; Kelinfu, beautiful, 225; Zanghibar, frightful, 423 Wonders performed by the Bacsi, i. 314 _et seqq._ Wood, Lieutenant John, Indian Navy, _20_, i. 156n; his elucidations of Polo in Oxus regions, i. 174n Wood-oil, ii. 251n, 252n Wool, Salamander’s, i. 213, 216n Worship of Mahomet (supposed), i. 188, 189n —— of fire, 303; Tartar, 256, 257; Chinese, 456 —— of first object seen in the day, ii. 284, 288n Worshipping the tablets, i. 391, 392n Wu-chau (Vuju), ii. 222n Wukiang-hien (Vughin), ii. 184n Wüsus, or Wesses, people of Russia, ii. 486n Wu-ti, Emperor, ii. 437n Wylie, Alexander, _76_, i. 2n, 8n, 322n, 377n, 451n, 454n, ii. 19n, 28n, 38n, 169n, 184n, 194n, 209n, 212n

_Xanadu_, i. 305n Xavier, at Socotra, ii. 409n Xerxes, i. 135n

Ya-chau, ii. 45n, 48n, 70n Yachi (Yun-nan-fu), city, ii. 66, 67n, 72n, 74n, 80n, 111n _Yadah_, _Jadagari_, _Jadah-tásh_, science and stone of weather-conjurer, i. 309n Yaik River, i. 6n Yájúj, and Májúj, _see_ Gog and Magog Yak (dong), i. 274, 277n; their tails carried to Venice, 274; used in India for military decorations, ii. 355, 359n Ya’kúb Beg of Kasghar, i. 189n Yakuts, i. 309n, 446n, ii. 484n Yalung River, ii. 67n, 69n, 72n Yam, or Yamb (a post-stage or post-house), i. 433, 437n, ii. 213n Yamgán, i. 162n Yang-chau (Yanju), city, i. 29n, 432n, ii. 154n, 173n; Marco’s government there, _22_, ii. 154, 157n Yarbeg of Badakhshan, i. 156n Yarkand (Yarcan), i. 187 _Yarligh_ and _P’aizah_, i. 322n, 352n Yasdi (Yezd), i. 88 —— silk tissue, i. 88 _Yashm_, jade, i. 193n Yasodhara, bride of Sakya Sinha, ii. 323n Yavanas, ii. 372n Yazdashír, i. 92n Ydifu, i. 285, 295n Year, Chinese, i. 388; Mongol and Chinese cycle, 447, 454n Yelimala, _see_ Monté d’Ely Yeliu Chutsai, statesman and astronomer, ii. 17n Yellow, or orthodox Lamas, i. 315n, 324n Yemen, ii. 432n, 433n, 440n, 441n, 445n. (_See_ also Aden.) Yeng-chau (in Shan-tung), ii. 137n, 139n —— (in Che-kiang), ii. 222n Yen-king (Old Peking), i. 375n, 376n Yen-Ping, ii. 230n Yenshan, ii. 224n Yesubuka, ii. 474n Yesudar, ii. 459 Yesugai, father of Chinghiz, i. 237n Yetsina (Etzina), i. 223 Yezd (Yasdi), i. 88; silk fabrics of, ii. 11 Yiu-ki River, ii. 230n Yoritomo, descendants of, ii. 262n Yonting Ho River, ii. 6n Yotkàn, village, i. 190n Youth, Island of, ii. 381n Yrac, province, i. 74 Ysemain of Hiulie, western engineer, ii. 167n Yu, _see_ Jade Yuan Ho, i. 29n Yu-chow, gold and silver mines, i. 295n Yue-chi, i. 174n Yuen, Mongol Imperial dynasty, so styled, i. 29n, 377n Yuen-hao, kingdom of Tangut, i. 282n Yuen ming-yuen, palace, i. 307n Yuen shi, History of Mongol Dynasty in China, i. 115n, 248n, 295n,