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merchants, ii. 340; described, 453n Kishik, Kishikan, Kizik, Keshikchi, _see_ Keshican Kishm (Casem), i. 153, 155n, 156n, 173n —— or Brakht (Oaracta), island in the Persian Gulf, i. 115n, 121n Kistna River, ii. 362n Kitubuka, General, i. 85n Kiu-chau, ii. 222n Kiulan (Quilon), _see_ Coilum Kizil Irmak, the, i. 45n Kizil River, i. 54n Kneeling oxen, i. 97, 99n Kobad, the Sassanian, i. 53n Kobdo, i. 215n Koh-Banán (Cobinan), i. 125 Koja (Coja), a Tartar envoy from Persia, i. 32, 33n, 38n Kokcha River, i. 154n–156n, 162n _Kok-Tash_, greenstone of Samarkand, i. 187n Kolastri, or Kolatiri Rajas, ii. 387n Ko-li-ki-sze, i. 289n Kolkhoi of Ptolemy, identified, ii. 373n Kollam, _see_ Coilum Koloman, _see_ Coloman Kolyma, bird-hunting at, i. 272n Κώμακον, ii. 391n Ḳomár, ii. 279n, 383n Κομάρια ἄκρον, ii. 382n Konár tree, Marco Polo’s apples of Paradise, i. 99n Kondachi, 337n Konkan, Konkan-Tána, ii. 367n, 390n, 396n _Korano_, epithet on Indo-Scythic coins, i. 101n _Korea_, _History of_, ii. 262n Koresh king, i. 82n _Kornish_, or K’o-tow (Khén-théu), i. 391, 393n Kosakio, a general against Japan, ii. 260n Kosseir, ii. 439n Kotcheres, Kurds of Mosul, i. 62n Kotlogh, or Kutlugh, Sultan of Kerman, i. 91n Kotlogh Shah, the Chaghataian prince, i. 104n, 121n Kotrobah Island, ii. 409n Kouyunjik, sculptures at, i. 100n Kozlov, Lieutenant K. P., on the Lob-nor, i. 199n Kuang-chou, ii. 239n Kúbenán (Cobinan), a Kuh-banán “Hill of the Terebinths or Wild Pistachios,” i. 123, 124n Kúblái (Cublay), Káán, the Great Khán, i. 8n, 10, 11, 12, 15; his envoys meet the two elder Polos, 10; receives and questions the Polos, 11, 12; sends them as envoys to the Pope, 13; his desire for Christian teachers, and for oil from the lamp in the Holy Sepulchre, 13, 14; gives them a Golden Tablet, 15; his reception of the three Polos, 26; sends Marco on an embassy, 27; Marco grows in favour, 30; allows the Polos to depart with Tablets of Authority, 33–35; rumour of his death, 38n; sends a napkin of asbestos to the Pope, 213; his greatness and power, 246, 247n, 331; his milk libations, 300; his inscription at Shangtu, 304n; Chinghiz’s prophecy, 331n; his lineage, age, and accession, 332; Nayan’s revolt, 333; Nayan’s defeat and death, 336–343; rebukes anti-Christian gibes, 344; returns to Cambaluc, 348; treats four religions with equal respect, 348n; his views on Christianity, 349n; how he rewards his captains, 350; his personal appearance, 356; his wives and ladies-in-waiting, 356–358; his palace at Cambaluc, 362; builds Cambaluc city, 374; his bodyguard, 379; order of his feasts, 381; celebration of his birthday, 387; his distribution of robes, 387, 394; his New Year’s feast, 390; his elephants, 391; the _K’o-tow_, 391, 393n; adopts Chinese ancestor-worship, 392n; his game laws, 396; his hunting establishment, 397; his masters of hounds, 400; how he goes a-hunting, 402; how his year is spent, 410; Ahmad’s influence, oppression, and death, 416–420; his treatment of Mahomedans, 422n; his mint and paper-money, 423; his purchase of valuables, 425; his twelve great Barons, 430; his posts and runners, 433; remission of taxes, 439, 443; his justice, 440n; a tree planter, 440; his store of corn, 443; charity to the poor, 445; his astrologers, 446; gaol deliveries, and prohibition of gambling, 457; his early campaign in Yun-nan, ii. 46n, 79, 80n; and the king of Mien and Bangala, 98, 110, 114n; Litan’s plot, 136; sends Bayan to invade Manzi, 145; his dealings with Bayan, 148n, 149n; satisfied with the Polo’s mangonels, 159; appoints Mar Sarghis governor of Chinghian-fu, 177; the city of Kinsay, 186–190; his revenue from Kinsay, 215; from Zayton, 235; his expedition against Chipangu (Japan), 255; sends force against Chamba, 267, 270n; attempts to gain Java, 272, 275n; his death, 275n; sends to buy Ceylon ruby, 313, 315n; sends for religions of Sakya, 319; testifies to miraculous powers of Sakya’s dish, 320; intercourse with Ma’bar, 337n; with Kaulam, 378n; missions to Madagascar, 412–413; Kaidu’s wars with him, 457 _seqq._ —— Khan, territories and people subject to (Turkistan), i. 180, 188, 191, 196; (Tangut and Mongolia), 203, 212, 217, 269, 274, 281, 284, 285; (Tibetan frontier and Yun-nan), ii. 50, 53, 64, 109, 116, 119, 122; (Western China), 124, 127; (N. Eastern China), 132, 135, 138, 140, 141; (Manzi), 151–153; (Sinju), 170; (Caiju), 174; Chinghian-fu, 176; (Chinginju), 178; (Suju), 181; (Tanpigu), 218; (Chonka), 231; (Zayton), 234; (Chamba), 267; (Sumatra), 272, 285, 292, 299 Kuché character, i. 211n _Kudatku Bilik_, an Uíghúr poem, i. 28n Kuhistan, or Hill country of Persia, i. 86n Kúkachin, _see_ Cocachin Kúkin-Tána, ii. 396n Kukju (Genkju), Kúblái’s son, i. 361n Kuku-Khotan (Blue Town), depôt for Mongolian trade with China,