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391n, 413n, 440n, 444n, 445n, 465n; his account of Chinese juggling, i. 316n; his account of Khansá (Kinsay), 214n; of Zayton, 238n; in Sumatra, 289n, 294n; on Camphor, 303n; in Ceylon, 315n, 322n, 337n; at Kaulam, 377n, 380n; in Malabar, 391n; sees Rukh, 419n; his account of Maldives, 425n; dog-sledges, ii. 481n, 483n; Market in Land of Darkness, 486n; on Silver Mines of Russia, 488n Ibn Fozlán, _see_ Fozlán Ichin-hien, ii. 154n, 168n, 173n Ichthyophagous cattle and people, ii. 442, 443, 444n Icon Amlac, king of Abyssinia, ii. 434n–436n Iconium (Kuniyah, Conia), i. 43, 44n Idolatry (Buddhism) and Idolaters, in Kashmir, i. 166, 168n; their decalogue, 167, 170n; Pashai, 172; Tangut, 203, 207n; Kamul, 210; Kanchau, 219, 221n; Chingintalas, 212; Suhchau, 217; Etzina, their fasting days, 220, 222n, 223; Tartars and Cathayans, 263, 343, 445, 456; Erguiul, 274; Egrigaia, 281; Tenduc, 284, 285; Chandu, 300–303; at Kúblái’s birthday feast, 387; Cachanfu, ii. 23; Kenjanfu, 24; Acbalec Manzi, 33; Sindafu, 37; Tibet, 45, 49; Caindu, 53; Yachi, 66; Carajan, 76; Zardandan, 84; Mien, 109; Caugigu, 116; Coloman, 122; Cuiju, 124; Cacanfu, 132; Chinangli, 135; Sinjumatu, 138; Coiganju, 151; Paukin, 152; Tiju, 153; Nanghin, 157; Chinghianfu, 176; Tanpiju, 218; Chipangu, 253; Chamba, 266; Sumatra, 284, 292, 299; Nicobars, 306; Mutfili, 360; Coilum, 375; Eli, 385; Malabar, 389; Tana, 395; Cambaet, 397; Semenat, 398; Far North, 479 —— Origin of, ii. 318, 319; of Brahmans, 364; of Jogis, 365 Idols, Tartar, i. 257, 258n, 456, ii. 479; Tangut, 203–207n; colossal, 219, 221n; of Cathay, 263; of Bacsi or Lamas, 302; of Sensin, 303, 323n–326n; of East generally, 263, 265n; in India, 340, 345 Ιερόδουλοι, ii. 351n Ieu, Gnostics of, ii. 321n Ifat, Aufat, ii. 435n Ig, Ij, or Irej, capital of the Shawánkárs, i. 86 Igba Zion, Iakba Siun, king of Abyssinia, ii. 435n _Ilchi_, commissioner, i. 30n Ilchi, modern capital of Khotan, i. 189n, 190n Ilchigadai Khan, i. 186n Ilija, hot springs at, i. 47n Ilkhan, the title, _10_ Ilyáts, nomads of Persia, i. 85 Imáms of the Ismailites, i. 146n Im Thurn, Everard, on _Couvade_, ii. 94n Incense, Sumatran, ii. 286; brown in West India, 395, 396n; white (_i.e._ frankincense), in Arabia, 396n, 442, 443n, 445, 446n–449n India, _12_, i. 1, 107, 109, 167, 414, ii. 76, 78, 107, 115, 119, 236, 249; horse trade to, i. 83, 86n; trade to Manzi or China from, ii. 190, 216, 390, 395; believed to breed no horses, 340, 342, 438, 450; trade with Persia and Arabia, 370; western limits of, 401, 402n; islands of, 423, 425n; division of, 424; sundry lists of States, 426n–427n; trade with Aden and Egypt, 438; with Arabian ports, 442, 444, 450; confusion of Ethiopia and, 432n India, the Greater, ii. 331 _seqq._, 401, 424 —— its extent, ii. 425n, 426n —— the Lesser, ii. 424, 425n–426n —— Middle (Abyssinia), ii. 423, 427 —— remarks on this title, ii. 431n —— Maxima, ii. 426n —— Tertia, ii. 425n —— Superior, ii. 426n —— Sea of, i. 35, 63, 108, 166, ii. 265, 424 Indian drugs to prolong life, ii. 370n —— geography, dislocation of Polo’s, ii. 377n, 390n, 396n, 403n, 426n —— nuts, _see_ Cocoa-nuts —— steel (ondanique), i. 93n Indies, the Three, and their distribution, ii. 424, 426n Indifference, religious, of Mongol Emperors, i. 14n, 349n Indigo, mode of manufacture at Coilum, ii. 375, 381n, 382n; in Guzerat, 393; Cambay, 398; prohibited by London Painters’ Guild, 382n Indo-China, ii. 426n Indragiri River, ii. 283n Infants, exposure of, ii. 147, 151n Ingushes of Caucasus, i. 268n Innocent IV., Pope, i. 62n Inscription, Jewish, at Kaifungfu, i. 346n Insult, mode of, in South India, ii. 371 Intramural interment prohibited, i. 414 Invulnerability, devices for, ii. 259, 263n ’Irák, i. 74, 84n, 86n, 145n Irghai, i. 281n Irish, accused of eating their dead kin, ii. 298n —— M.S. version of Polo’s Book, _102–103_ Iron, in Kerman, i. 90, 92n, 93n, 94n; in Cobinan, 125 Iron Gate (Derbend Pass), said to have been built by Alexander,