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his palace, 366, 372n Chingsang, Ching-siang (Chinisan), title of a Chief Minister of State, i. 432n, ii. 145, 148n, 150n, 218n Chingting-fu (Acbaluc), ii. 13, 14n Chingtsu, or Yung-lo, Emperor, ii. 392n _Chíní_, coarse sugar, ii. 230n Chinju (Tinju), ii. 153, 154n _Chin-tan_, or _Chínasthána_, Chinese etymology of, ii. 119n Chinuchi, Cunichi, Kúblái’s Masters of the Hounds, i. 400, 401n Chipangu (Japan), ii. 253, 256n; account of Kúblái’s expedition _v._, 255, 258; its disasters, 255–256; history of expedition, 260n _seqq._; relations with China and Korea, 262n Chitral, i. 154n, 160n, 165n, 166n _Chloroxylon Dupada_, ii. 397n Cho-chau (Juju), ii. 10, 11n, 131n _Choiach_, the term, ii. 364, 368n Chola, or Sola-desam (Soli, Tanjore), ii. 335n, 336n, 364, 368n Chonka (Fo-kien), kingdom of, ii. 231, 232n, 236; explanation of name, 232n Chonkwé, ii. 232n Chorcha, _see_ Churchin Christian, astrologers, i. 241, 446; churches in China, early, ii. 27n; inscription of Singanfu, 28n; Alans in the Mongol service, ii. 178, 179n Christianity, attributed to Chinghizide princes, i. 14n, ii. 476, 477n; Kúblái’s views on, i. 344n —— former, of Socotra, ii. 410n Christians, of the Greek rite, Georgians, i. 50; and Russians, ii. 486; Jacobite and Nestorian, at Mosul, i. 46, 60, 61n; among the Kurds, 60, 62n; and the Khalif of Baghdad—the miracle of the mountain and the one-eyed cobbler, 68–73; Kashgar, 182, 183n; in Samarkand, 183, 186n; the miracle of the stone removed, 185; Yarkand, 187; Tangut, 203, 207n; Chingintalas, 212; Suh-chau, 217; Kan-chau, 219; in Chinghiz’s camp, 241; Erguiul and Sinju, 274; Egrigaia, 281; Tenduc, 285; Nayan and the Khan’s decision, 339, 344; at Kúblái’s Court, 388; in Yun-nan, ii. 66, 74n; Cacanfu, 132; Yang-chau, 154n; churches at Chin-kiang fu, 177; at Kinsay, 192; St. Thomas’, 353–354; Coilum, 375; Male and Female Islands, 404; Socotra, 406; Abyssinia and fire baptism, 427, 432n; of the Girdle, 432n; in Lac (Wallachia), 487 _Chrocho_, the Rukh (_q.v._), ii. 415n _seqq._ Chronology and chronological data discussed, first journey of the Polos, i. 3n; war between Barka and Hulákú, 8n; Polos’ stay at Bokhara, 10n; their departure and their second journey from Acre, 23n; their return voyage and arrival in Persia, 38n; story of Nigudar, 103n; Hormuz princes, 120n; destruction of Ismailites, 146n; history of Chinghiz, 239n, 242n, 247n; Kúblái’s birth and accession, 334n; Nayan’ rebellion, 334n, 346n; Polo’s visit to Yun-nan, ii. 81n; battle with the king of Mien, 104n; wars between China and Burma, 104n–106n, 111n, 114n; value of Indo-Chinese, 106n; conquest of S. China, 148n, 149n; capture of Siang-yang, 167n; Kúblái’s dealings with Japan, 260n–261n; with Champa, 270n; Marco’s visit to Japan, 271n; Kúblái’s Java expedition, 275n; review of the Malay, 282n; events in Ma’bar, 333n; King Gondophares, 357n; cessation of Chinese navigation to India, 391n; Abyssinia, 434n _seqq._; Kaidu’s wars, 462n, 467n; Mongol revolutions in Persia, notes from, 470n–475n; wars of Toktai and Noghai, 497. (_See_ also _Dates_.) Chrysostom, i. 81n Chuchu, in Kiang-si, ii. 224n, 229n Chughis, _see_ Jogis Chung-Kiang, ii. 40n Chungkwé, “Middle Kingdom,” ii. 232n Chung-tu, or Yen-King (Peking, _see_ Cambaluc) _Ch’ura_, i. 265n Churches, Christian, in Kashgar, i. 182; Samarkand, 185; Egrigaia, 281; Tenduc, 287n; early, in China, ii. 27n; Yang-chau, 154n; Chin-kiang fu, 177; Kinsay, 192; Zayton, 238n, 240n; St. Thomas’s, 354–355, 356n; Coilum, 377n; Socotra, 409n–410n Churchin, or Niuché, Churché, Chorcha (the Manchu Country), i. 231n, 343, 344n Cielstan, Suolstan (Shúlistán), i. 83, 85n Cinnamon, Tibet, ii. 49, 52n; Caindu, 56, 59n; Ceylon, 315n; story in Herodotus of, 363n; Malabar, 389, 390n Circumcision of Socotrans, ii. 409n; forcible, of a bishop, 429; of Abyssinians, 432n Cirophanes, or Syrophenes, story of, ii. 328n Civet, of Sumatra, ii. 295n Clement IV., Pope, i. 17, 18n, 21n _Clepsydra_, i. 378n, 385n, ii. 214 Cloves, ii. 272, 306; in Caindu, 56, 59n Coal (Polo’s blackstone), i. 442; in Scotland in Middle Ages, 443n; in Kinsay, ii. 216 Cobbler, the one-eyed, and the miracle of the mountain, i. 70 Cobinan (Koh-Banán), i. 125 Cocachin (Kúkáchin), the Lady, _23–24_, i. 32, 33n, 36, 38n Cochin-China, the mediæval Champa (_q.v._) Coco-nut (Indian nut), i. 108, ii. 293, 306, 308n, 309n, 354, 389 Coco Islands, of Hiuen T’sang, ii. 307n Cocos Islands, ii. 309n Cœur de Lion, his mangonels, ii. 165n, 166n Coffins, Chinese, in Tangut, i. 205, 209n Cogachin (Hukaji), Kúblái’s son, King of Carajan, i. 361n, ii. 76 Cogatai, i. 419 Cogatal, a Tartar envoy to the Pope, i. 13, 15 Coiganju (Hwaingan-fu), ii. 142, 148, 151 Coilum (Kollam, Kaulam, Quilon), kingdom of, ii. 375, 382n, 403n, 413n, 426n, 440n; identity of meaning of name, 377n; Church of St. George at, 377n; modern state of, 377n; Kúblái’s intercourse with, 378n Coilumin, _columbino_, _colomní_, so-called Brazil-wood, ii. 375; ginger, 375, 381n Coins of Cilician Armenia, i. 42n; of Mosul, 61n; Agathocles and Pantaleon, 163n; Seljukian with Lion and Sun, 352n; found at Siang-Yang, ii. 169n; King Gondophares, 357n; Tartar heathen princes with Mahomedan and Christian formulæ, 477n Coja (Koja), Tartar envoy from Persia to the Khan, i. 32–33n, 38n Cold, intense, in Kerman, i. 91, 111n, 113n; in Russia, ii. 487 “Cold Mountains,” i. 114n Coleridge, verses on Kúblái’s Paradise, i. 305n Coloman, province, ii. 122, 128n–131n _Colombino_, _see_ Coilumin Colon, _see_ Coilum Colossal Buddhas, recumbent, i. 219, 221n Columbum, _see_ Coilum Columbus, Polo paralleled with, _3_; remarks on, _105–106_ Comania, Comanians, i. 50, ii. 382, 383n, 490, 491n Comari, Comori (Cape Comorin, Travancore), ii. 333n, 382, 384, 385, 403n, 426n; temple at, 383n Combermere, Lord, prophecy applied to, ii. 149n _Comercque_, Khan’s custom-house, ii. 37, 41n Compartments, in hulls of ships, ii. 249, 251n Compass, Mariner’s, _138_ Competitive Examinations in beauty, i. 359n Conchi, King of the North, ii. 479 Concubines, how the Khan selects, i. 357 Condor, its habits, ii. 417n; Temple’s account of, 417n; Padre Bolivar’s of the African, 420n Condur and Sondur, ii. 276, 277n _Condux_, sable or beaver, i. 410n Conia, Coyne (Iconium), i. 43 Conjeveram, ii. 334n Conjurers, the Kashmirian, i. 166, 168n; weather-, 98, 105n, 166, 168n, 301, 309n–311n; Lamas’ ex-feats, 315n–318n. (_See_ also Sorcerers.) Conosalmi (Kamasal), i. 99, 106n Constantinople, i. 2, 19n, 36, ii. 165n, 487; Straits of, 488, 490 Convents, _see_ Monasteries Cookery, Tartar horse-, i. 264n Cooper, T. T., traveller on Tibetan frontier, ii. 45n, 48n, 52n, 59n, 67n Copper, token currency of Mahomed Tughlak, i. 429n; imported to Malabar, ii. 390; to Cambay, 398 Coral, valued in Kashmir, Tibet, etc., i. 167, 170n, ii. 49, 52n Corea (Kauli), i. 343, 345n Corn, Emperor’s store and distribution of, i. 443 Coromandel (Maabar), _see_ Mabar Corsairs, _see_ Pirates Corte del Milione, _see_ Ca’ Polo —— Sabbionera at Venice, _27_ _seqq._ Cosmography, mediæval, _130_ _Costus_, ii. 397n Cotan, _see_ Khotan Cotton, stuffs of, i. 44n, 45, 47n, 48n, 60, ii. 225, 228n, 361, 363n, 395, 398, 431; at Merdin, i. 60; in Persia, 84; at Kashgar, 181; Yarkand, 187; Khotan, 188, 190n; Pein, 191; Bengal, ii. 115; bushes of gigantic size, 393, 394n Counts in Vokhan, i. 171, 173n; at Dofar, ii. 444 Courts of Justice, at Kinsay, ii. 203 _Couvade_, custom of, ii. 85, 91n–95n, 596n Cow-dung, its use in Maabar, ii. 341, 365 Cowell, Professor, i. 105n Cowries (porcelain shells, pig shells), used for money, etc., ii. 66, 74n, 76, 123; procured from Locac, 276, 279n _Cralantur_, its meaning(?), i. 71n Cramoisy (quermesis), i. 44n, 63, 65n Cranes, five kinds of, i. 296, 297n Crawford, John, ii. 277n Cremation, i. 204, 208n, ii. 122, 132, 134n, 135, 140, 141, 151, 152, 191, 218, 221n; in Middle Ages, ii. 133n Cremesor, Hot Region (Garmsir), i. 75, 99n, 112n, 114n Çrībhôja (Çribhôdja), country, ii. 283n Crocodiles, _see_ Alligators Cross, legend of the Tree of the, i. 135; gibes against, on Nayan’s defeat, 343; on monument at Singanfu, ii. 27n Crossbows, ii. 78, 82n, 161n Cruelties, Tartar, i. 151n, 265n, 266n, ii. 180n _Crusca MS._ of Polo, _82_, i. 18n, 38n, 85n, 297n, 358n, 384n,