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Shing-king, or Mukden, i. 345n Ships, of the Great Khan, ii. 142; of India at Fuju, 231; of Manzi described, 249–251; mediæval, accounts of, 252n–253n; in Japan, 264; in Java Seas, 274n; at Eli, 386 Shíráz (Cerazi), i. 83, 85n Shireghi, ii. 462n Shirha, ii. 436n Shirwan, ii. 495n Shi-tsung, Emperor, i. 310n Shoa, ii. 434n, 436n Shob’aengs of Nicobar, ii. 308n Shodja ed-din Kurshid, Kurd, i. 85n Shor-Rud (Salt River), i. 124n Shot of Military Engines, ii. 159, 163n, 164n–168n Shpilevsky, i. 8n Shúlistán (Suolstan), i. 83, 85n Shúls or Shauls, people of Persia, i. 83n, 85n Shut up nations, legend of the, _114_, _136_, i. 57n Shwéli River, ii. 107n Siam, ii. 277n–280n; king of, 278n Siang-yang-fu (Saianfu), Kúblái’s siege of, Polo’s aid in taking, _22_, _112_, ii. 158, 159; difficulties in Polo’s account, 167n; not removed by Pauthier, notice by Wassáf, Chinese account, Rashiduddin’s, 168n; treasure buried, 169n Siberia, ii. 479–481n Sibree, on rofia palm, ii. 597n Sick men put to death and eaten by their friends, ii. 293, 298n _Siclatoun_, kind of texture, i. 283n Siddhárta, ii. 322n Sidi Ali, i. 152n, 165n, 277n, ii. 5n, 402n, 444n, 453n Sien, Sien-Lo, Sien-Lo-Kok (Siam, Lo-cac), ii. 277n–280n Sifan, ii. 60n, 61n, 70n Sigatay, _see_ Chagatai Sighelm, envoy from King Alfred to India, ii. 357n Si Hia, language of Tangut, i. 29n Si-hu, Lake of Kinsay or Hang-chau, ii. 186, 196n, 205n–207n, 211n, 214n Sijistán, i. 102n Siju (Suthsian), ii. 141 Sikintinju (Kien-chow), i. 343, 345n Silesia, Mongol invasion of, ii. 493n Silk, called Ghellé (of Gilan), i. 52; manufacture at Yezd, 88n; at Taianfu, ii. 13; in Shan-si and Shen-si, 22, 23n; in Kenjanfu, 24; Cuncun, 31; Sindafu, 42n; Kwei-chau, 126, 128n; Tasinfu, 136, 137n; Piju, 141; Pao-ying-Hien, 152; Nanghin, 157; Chinhiang-fu, 176; Chinginju, 178; Suju, 181n; Vughin, 182; Kinsay, 187, 198n, 216; Ghiuju, 219 —— cotton tree, ii. 394n —— duty on, ii. 216 —— and gold stuffs, i. 41, 60, 63, 75, 107, 257, 285, 383, 387, 415,