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skins of striped, i. 405; how hunted with dogs, ii. 126. (_See_ also Tigers.) Lion’s Head Tablets, i. 35, 350, 352n _Lire_, various Venetian, _66_, _71_, ii. 591n–592n —— of gold, _73_ Lisbon, ii. 391n Lissu, or Lisau tribe, ii. 60n, 90n Litai, ii. 301n Litan, rebellion of, i. 313n, ii. 136, 138n Lithang, ii. 48n, 56n, 67n Little Orphan Rock, ii. 174n Liu Pang, founder of 1st Han dynasty, ii. 32n Liu Pei (Luo Pé), of the Han dynasty, ii. 32n, 38n _Livre des Merveilles_, _121_, ii. 527n Livres of gold, ii. 442 —— Parisis, _90_, ii. 590n —— Tournois, i. 83, 86n, ii. 590n Li Yuan-hao, founder of the Hsi Hsia dynasty, Tangut, i. 206n Lo, tribes of S.W. China so-called, ii. 123n, 124n, 129n —— Chinese name of part of Siam, ii. 278n Lob, _see_ Lop Locac, kingdom of, ii. 276, 277n–280n Lockhart, Dr. W., i. 372n, 377n, ii. 8n, 27n, 82n, 124n _Lokok_, ii. 278n—280n Lolo tribes, ii. 60n—63n, 69n, 70n, 123n Longevity of Brahmins and Jogis, ii. 365, 369n Longfellow, i. 67n Lop, city and lake, i. 194, 196; desert, 196, 197 Lophāburi, ii. 278n Loping, ii. 129n, 130 Lor, _see_ Lúristan Lord, Dr. Percival, i. 160n Löss, brownish-yellow loam, ii. 14n Loups cerviers (lynx), i. 398n Low castes, ii. 349—350n Lowatong River, ii. 130n Loyang, Bridge of, ii. 241n Lubán, ii. 446n, 449n Lubán-Jáwi, ii. 286n Lubán-Shehri, ii. 449n Lubbies, ii. 372n Lucky and unlucky hours and days, ii. 364, 368n Luddur Deo, ii. 362n Luh-ho-ta Pagoda, Hang-chau, ii. 193n, 194n Lukon-Kiao (Hun-ho, Pulisanghin River), ii. 5n, 6n, 8n Lukyn Port, ii. 279n, 280n Lung-yin ii. 224n Lúristan (Lor, Lur), kingdom of Persia, i. 83, 84n; Great and Little, 85n; character of Lurs or people of, 87n Lusignan, John de, i. 42n Lút, Desert of (Dasht-i-Lut), i. 124n, 127, 128n Lu-tzŭ tribe, ii. 82n Lynxes, trained to hunt, i. 397, 398n; in Cuncun, ii. 31

Ma Twan-lin, the Chinese Pliny, i. 100n, 201n Maaden, turquoise mines at, i. 92n Maatum, or Nubia, ii. 431n Ma’bar (Maabar, _i.e._ Coromandel coast), province of India, ii. 331, 332n, 338; its brother kings, 331, 333n, 335n, 370, 371; pearl fishery, 331, 335n, 337n; etymology, 332n; limits, 333n; obscurity of history, 334n; port visited by Polo, 335n; nakedness of people, king, his jewels, 338–346; his wives, “Trusty Lieges,” treasure, 339, 347n; horses imported, 340; superstitious customs, 340; ox-worship, 341; Govis, _ib._; no horses bred, 342, 350n; other customs, 342; mode of arrest for debt, 343, 350n; great heat, 343; regard for omens, 344, 351n; astrology, treatment of boys, 344; birds, girls consecrated to idols, 345, 351n; customs in sleeping, 346, 352n; ships at Madagascar, 412 Macartney’s Map, i. 173n, 292n Macgregor, Sir C., “Journey through Khorasan,” i. 86n, 89n Máchin, city of (Canton), ii. 175n Máchin, Maháchin (Great China), used by Persian writers as synonymous with Manzi, ii. 35n, 144n, 175n Maclagan, Major-General (R.E.), i. 105n, 155n Madagascar (Madeigascar), ii. 411, 413n; confused with Magadoxo, 414n; etymology, 414n; traces of ancient Arab colonisation, 414n Mádái, Madavi, Maudoy, ii. 387n, 388n Madjgars, ii. 491n–492n Madar-Des, Eastern Panjáb, i. 104n Madras, ii. 355n, 403n Madura, ii. 333n, 334n, 335n Maestro, or Great Bear, said to be invisible in Sumatra, ii. 292, 296n Magadha, ii. 356n Magadoxo, confused with Madagascar, ii. 414n Magapatana, near Ceylon, ii. 283n Magi, the three, i. 78–80; legend as told by Mas’udi, 82n; source of fancies about, 82n; names assigned to, 83n Magic, of Udyana, i. 164n; Lamaitic, 301, 314n. (_See_ also Sorcerers.) Magical darkness (dry fog and dust storms), i. 98, 105n Magnet, Mount, ii. 418n Magyars, ii. 491n–492n Mahar Amlak, king of Abyssinia, ii. 436n Mahávan, ii. 426n Mahmúd Kalháti, prince of Hormuz, i. 121n Mahmúd of Ghazni, i. 106n Mahmudiah Canal, ii. 439n Mahomed (Mahommet), his account of Gog and Magog, i. 56n; his Paradise, 140; his alleged prophecy of the Mongols, 265n; his use of mangonels, ii. 164n Mahomed, supposed worship of idols of, i. 189n —— II., uses the old engines of war, ii. 163n, 166n —— Tarabi, 106n —— Tughlak of Delhi, his copper token currency, 429n —— Shah of Malacca, ii. 282n Mahomedan revolts in China, ii. 29n, 74n, 80n —— conversion of Malacca, 282n —— conversion of states in Sumatra, 284, 288n, 294n, 295n, 300n–303n —— butchers in Kashmir, i. 167 —— butchers in Maabar, ii. 342 —— king of Kayal, 374n —— merchants at Kayal, 372n —— settlements on Abyssinian coast, 434n Mahomedans (Saracens), i. 414, 418; in Turcomania, 43; in and near Mausul, 60; their universal hatred of Christians, 68, 72; in Tauris, 75; in Persia, 84; their hypocrisy about wine, 87n; at Yezd, 88; Hormuz, 108; Cobinan, 125; Tonocain, 128; Sapurgan, 149; Taican, 153; Badakhshan, 157; Wakhan, etc., 170; Kashgar, 180; strife with Christians in Samarkand, 183; Yarkand, 187; Khotan, 188; Pein, 191; Charchan, 194; Lop, 196; Tangut, 203; Chingintalas, 212; Kanchau, 219, 263; Sinju, 274; Egrigaia, 281; Tenduc, their half-breed progeny, 284; in northern frontier of China, alleged origin of, 288n; their gibes at Christians, 343; Kúblái’s dislike of, 420, 422n; in Yun-nan, ii. 66, 67n, 74n; in Champa, 268n; in Sumatra, 284, 288n, 294n, 295n, 300n, 303n; troops in Ceylon, 314; pilgrims to Adam’s Peak, 319; honour St. Thomas, 353; in Kesmacoran, 401; in Madagascar, 411; in Abyssinia, 427; in Aden, 428, 438; outrage by, 428 _seqq._; at Esher, 442; Dufar, 444; Calatu, 449; Hormuz, 452; Ahmad Sultan one, 467 Mailapúr (Shrine of St. Thomas), ii. 355n Maiman, i. 86n _Maistre_, the word, ii. 296n Maitreya Buddha, ii. 330n Majapahit, empire of (Java), ii. 275n Majar (Menjar), ii. 491n Major, R. H., on Australia, ii. 280n Makdashan, _see_ Magadoxo Malabar, Melibar, Malibar, Manibar, ii. 389, 390; fleets, 389; products, 389, 390n; imports, Chinese ships in, 390, 391n Malacca, ii. 281n; foundation of, 282n; chronology, 282n Malacca, Straits of, ii. 281n Malaiur, island and city, ii. 280, 281n, 283n, 305–306n Mal-Amir, or Aidhej, i. 85n Malasgird, i. 145n Malay Peninsula, ii. 277n; invasion of Ceylon, 215n; chronicle, 279n, 282n, 287n, 288n, 294n, 300n; language, 286n; origin of many geographical names, 314n Malayo, or Tana Malayu, ii. 281n, 283n Malcolm, Sir John, ii. 351n Maldive Islands, ii. 425n Malé in Burma, ii. 113n Male and Female Islands, ii. 401, 404 _seqq._; legend widely diffused, 405n–406n, 415n Malifattan, ii. 333n Malik al Dháhir, king of Samudra, ii. 288n, 294n —— al Mansúr, ii. 288n, 294n —— al Sálih, king of Samudra, ii. 288n, 294n, 295n —— Kafur, ii. 333n Malli, the, i. 93n Malpiero, Gasparo, _4_ Malte-Brun, _112_, i. 86n, ii. 602n Malwa, ii. 426n, 427n Mamaseni, i. 85n Mamre, tree of, i. 131n, 132n, 135n Mán, barbarians, ii. 60n, 123n, 144n, 228n Man, Col. Henry, ii. 308n, 312n Manchu dynasty, i. 29n Mancopa, ii. 300n, 305n Mandalé in Burma, ii. 329n Mandarin language, ii. 243n Mangalai, third son of Kúblái, _21_, i. 361n, ii. 24; his palace, 24, 25, 31n Mangalore, ii. 386n Mangla and Nebila Islands, ii. 405n Mangonels made by Polos for attack of Saianfu, ii. 159; etymology, 164n; account of, 168n; a barbarous lubricant for, 180n Mangu (Mangku, Mongu) Khan, Kúblái’s elder brother, _10_, _11_, i. 8n, 14n, 61n, 103n, 146n, 210, 227n, ii. 32n, 42, 46n; his death, i. 245n; reign, massacre at his funeral, 246, 250n, 334n Mangu-Temur (Mungultemur), ii. 491, 496, 497n Manjániḳ (Manjaniki), ii. 164n —— Kumghá, ii. 168n Manjaníkis (Mangonellers), ii. 168n. (_See_ Mangonels.) Manji, _see_ Manzi Manjushri, Bodhisatva, ii. 265n Manphul, Pandit, i. 154n, 156n, 160n, 162n, 163n Mansur Shah, i. 25n Mantzé, Man-tzŭ, Mantszi, Aborigines, ii. 60n, 64n, 144n Manuel, Comnenus, Emperor, i. 82n Manufactures, Kúblái’s, i. 412, 415n Manuscripts of Polo’s Book, _81_ _seqq._, _90_ _seqq._ ii. 526n–552n Manzi (Facfur), king of, i. 36, ii. 145, 148; his flight, 146; his charity, 147, 207–208; his effeminacy, 147; his death, 148; his palace at Kinsay, 191–192, 206–207. (_See_ Faghfúr.) —— (Mangi) province, _3_, ii. 10; White City of the Frontier, 33, 34n, 36, 49, 139, 141, 144n, 151, 176; entrance to, 142, 152; conquest of, 145–146, 148, 158, 178; character of the people, 181, 204; its nine kingdoms, 1200 cities and squares, 190, 213; its bamboos, 219; no sheep in, 219; dialects, 236, 243n; called Chin, 264, 265n; ships and merchants in India, 386, 390, 391n —— queen of, surrenders, ii. 146, 150n; her report of Kinsay, 185 Map, constructed on Polo’s data, _109_, _110_; Hereford, _127_; Roger Bacon’s, _132_; Marino Sanudo’s, _133_; Medicean, _134_; Catalan, _135_, _136_; Fra Mauro’s, _135_; Ruysch’s, _135_; Mercator’s, _137_; Sanson’s, _137_ Mapillas, or Moplahs, ii. 372n, 380n Maps, allusions to, in Polo’s book, ii. 245n, 312, 424; early mediæval, _132_; of the Arabs, _132_; in the palace at Venice, _110_ Marabia, Maravia, Maravi, ii. 386n–387n Marah Silu, ii. 294n Mâramangalam, site of Kolkhoi, ii, 373n Marash, i. 23n Maratha, ii. 426n Mardin (Merdin), i. 60, 62n Mare’s milk, _see_ Kumiz Margaritone, i. 22n Marignolli, John, ii. 23n, 144n, 180n, 193n, 194n, 213n, 239n, 321n, 356n, 358n Market days, i. 154n, ii. 106, 107n Markets in Kinsay, ii. 201, 202 —— Squares in Kinsay, ii. 201, 210n, 213n Marks of Silver, i. 83, ii. 394, 591n Marriage customs in Khotan, i. 191, 193n —— customs in Kanchau, i. 220, 223n —— customs of the Tartars, 252—253, 256n —— (posthumous) amongst Tartars, 267, 268n —— laxities of different peoples, i. 191, 193n —— laxities in Thibet, ii. 44, 48n, 53–54, 56n, 66, 76n Mar Sarghis, ii. 157n, 177 Marsden’s edition of Polo, _115_ and _passim_ Martin, Dr. Ernest, of French Legation at Pekin, ii. 93n Martini, ii. 5n, 15n, 29n, 32n, 35n, 137n, 211n, 228n, 229n, 237n; his _Atlas Sinensis_, i. 42n, ii. 69n; his account of Kinsay, ii. 214n and _passim_ Martyrs, Franciscan, ii. 396n _Masálak-al-Absár_, i. 5n, 86n, ii. 214, 348n Musa’úd, Prince of Hormuz, i. 120n, 121n Mashhad (Meshed), or Varsach River, i. 150n, 155n, 156n, 193n Mashiz, i. 92n Maskat, ii. 451n Mastiff Dogs, Keepers of the, i. 400, 401n Mastiffs of Tibet, _see_ Dogs Mastodon, bogged, ii. 290n Mas’ud II., Ghiath ed-din-Seljuk dynasty, i. 44n Mas’udi, i. 53n, 59n, 62n, 82n, 99n Masulipatam, ii. 363n Matchlocks, manufacture at Kerman, i. 90; at Taianfu, ii. 15n Ma-t’eu (Matu), ii. 139n Mati Dhivaja, _see_ Bashpah Lama Matitánana, ii. 414n Matityna (Martinique), ii. 405n Mätzner, Eduard, ii. 601n Maundevile, Sir John (John a Beard), on lying in water, i. 119n,