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Account of Regions Visited or heard of on the Journey from the Lesser Armenia to the Court of the Great Kaan at Chandu.
CHAP. PAGE I.—HERE THE BOOK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER HERMENIA 41
NOTES.—1. Little Armenia. 2. Meaning of Chasteaux. 3. Sickliness of Cilician Coast. 4. The phrase |“fra terre.”|
II.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA 43
NOTES.—1. Brutality of the people. 2. Application of name |Turcomania|. Turcoman Hordes.
III.—DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA 45
NOTES.—1. Erzingan. Buckrams, what were they? 2. Erzrum. 3. Baiburt. 4. Ararat. 5. Oil wells of Baku.
IV.—OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF 50
NOTES.—1. Georgian Kings. 2. The Georgians. 3. The Iron Gates and Wall of Alexander.* 4. *Box forests. 5. Goshawks. 6. Fish Miracle. 7. Sea of Ghel or Ghelan.* Names ending in |-án|. 8. Names of the Caspian, and navigation thereon. 9. *Fish in the Caspian.
V.—OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL 60
NOTES.—1. Atabeks of Mosul. 2. Nestorian and Jacobite Christians.* 3. Mosolins. 4. The Kurds. 5. *Mush and Mardin.
VI.—OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN 63
NOTES.—1. Baudas, or Baghdad. 2. Island of Kish. 3. Basra. 4. Baldachins and other silk textures; Animal patterns.* 5, 6. *Hulákú’s Expedition. 7. The Death of the Khalíf Mosta’sim. 8. Froissart.
VII.—HOW THE CALIF OF BAUDAS TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN HIS LAND 68
NOTES.—1. Chronology. 2. “Ses |Regisles| et ses |Casses|.”
VIII.—HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE IN GREAT DISMAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CALIF HAD SAID 70
NOTE.—The word “|cralantur|.”
IX.—HOW THE ONE-EYED COBLER WAS DESIRED TO PRAY FOR THE CHRISTIANS 71
X.—HOW THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE 72
NOTE.—The Mountain Miracle.
XI.—OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS 74
NOTES.—1. Tabriz. 2. Cremesor. 3. Traffic at Tabriz. 4. The Torizi. 5. Character of City and People.
XII.—OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT BARSAMO ON THE BORDERS OF TAURIS 77
NOTE.—The Monastery of Barsauma.
XIII.—OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS 78
NOTES.—1. Kala’ Atishparastán. 2. The Three Kings.
XIV.—HOW THE THREE KINGS RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY 79
NOTES.—1. The three mystic Gifts. 2. The Worshipped Fire.* 3. *Sávah and Ávah. The Legend in Mas’udi. Embellishments of the Story of the Magi.
XV.—OF THE EIGHT KINGDOMS OF PERSIA, AND HOW THEY ARE NAMED 83
NOTES.—1. The Eight Kingdoms. 2. Export of Horses, and Prices.* 3. Persian Brigands. 4. *Persian wine.
XVI.—CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF YASDI 88
NOTES.—1. Yezd. 2. Yezd to Kerman. The Woods spoken of.
XVII.—CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF KERMAN 90
NOTES.—1. City and Province of Kerman. 2. Turquoises. 3. |Ondanique| or Indian Steel. 4. Manufactures of Kerman.* 5. *Falcons.
XVIII.—OF THE CITY OF CAMADI AND ITS RUINS; ALSO TOUCHING THE CARAUNA ROBBERS 97
NOTES.—1. Products of the warmer plains. 2. Humped oxen and fat-tailed sheep.* 3. Scarani. 4. The Karaunahs and Nigudarian Bands. 5. *Canosalmi.
XIX.—OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF HORMOS 107
NOTES.—1. Site of Old Hormuz and Geography of the route from Kerman to Hormuz.* 2. *Dates and Fish Diet. 3. Stitched Vessels. “|One rudder|,” why noticed as peculiar.* 4. Great heat at Hormuz. 5. *The Simúm. 6. History of Hormuz, and Polo’s Ruomedan Acomat. 7. Second Route between Hormuz and Kerman.
XX.—OF THE WEARISOME AND DESERT ROAD THAT HAS NOW TO BE TRAVELLED 123
NOTES.—1. Kerman to Kúbenán. 2. Desert of Lút. 3. Subterraneous Canals.
XXI.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF COBINAN AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE THERE 125
NOTES.—1. Kuh-Banán. 2. Production of Tútíá.
XXII.—OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY 127
NOTES.—1. Deserts of Khorasan. 2. The |Arbre Sol| or |Arbre Sec|.
XXIII.—CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 139
NOTE.—The Assassins, Hashíshîn, or Muláhidah.
XXIV.—HOW THE OLD MAN USED TO TRAIN HIS ASSASSINS 142
NOTES.—1. The story widely spread. Notable murders by the Sectaries.* 2. *Their different branches.
XXV.—HOW THE OLD MAN CAME BY HIS END 145
NOTE.—History of the apparent Destruction of the Sect by Hulákú; its survival to the present time. Castles of Alamut and Girdkuh.
XXVI.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF SAPURGAN 149
NOTE.—Shibrgân, and the route followed. Dried Melons.
XXVII.—OF THE CITY OF BALC 151
NOTES.—1. Balkh. 2. Country meant by |Dogana|. 3. Lions in the Oxus Valley.