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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

Marco Polo · c. 1298 (Book of Marco Polo) primary

passage 650 of 683 · C.S.I., Major-General KEYES, C.B., Dr. GEORGE BIRDWOOD, Mr. BURGESS, of > Book of Marco Polo, its contents, *80*; (10/23)

↪ you wandered here via “Sundar Fulát Pulo Condore” — the connecting lines are tinted below

in brief
An index-style continuation listing peoples, tribes, and locations such as Kumiz (mare’s milk), Kúnbúm monastery, Kunduz, and various Mongol groups, with cross-references to Polo’s notes.

(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 Kukin-Tána, ii. 396n Kukju (Genkju), Kúblái’s son, i. 361n Kuku-Khotan (Blue Town), depôt for Mongolian trade with China, i. 278n, 286n, 287n Ku-kwan, Customs’ Barrier, ii. 14n Kuláb, lions in, i. 152n; Salt Mines, 154n Kulan, Asinus Onager, the Gor Khar of Persia, i. 89n Kulasaikera, ii. 335n Kumár, see Ḳomár Kumhări, Kumari, see Comari Kumiz, kimiz (kemiz), Mare’s milk, Tartar beverage, i. 257, 259n, 300; sprinkling of, 308n, 309n, 385n, 411 Kummájar, ii. 491n Kúnbúm Monastery, i. 319n Kunduz, i. 152n, 154n Kunduz (beaver or sable), i. 410n Kunduz-Baghlán, i. 86n Kung-ki-cheng (Fei-ch’eng), ii. 6n, 8n Kunguráts, Kunkuráts (Ungrat), a Mongol tribe, i. 38n, 101n, 359n, 360 Kunichi (Cunichi, or Chinuchi), “The Keepers of the Mastiff Dogs,” i. 400 Kuniyah (Conia), Iconium, Koniah, i. 43, 44n 356n Kunlun (Pulo Condore), ii. 277n Kurd dynasty, i. 85n Kurdistan (Curdistan), i. 9n, 62n, 83, 84n Kurds, the, i. 60, 62n, 85n Kúreh-i-Ardeshír (Kuwáshír), i. 91n Kuria Maria Islands, ii. 405n Kuridai, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n Kúrkah, great drum, i. 340n, 341n Kurmishi, ii. 474n Kurshids of Lúristán, i. 85n Kurut (Curd), i. 262, 265n Kus, Cos (in Egypt), ii. 439n Kushluk, the Naiman, ii. 20n Kutan, son of Okkodai, ii. 32n Kutchluk Khan (Buddhist), Chief of the Naïmans, i. 188n Kutuktemur, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n Kutulun, Princess, ii. 465n Kuwinji, see Kaunchi Kuyuk Khan, i. 14n, 245, 247n Kwa-chau (Caiju), at mouth of Great Canabon Yang-tse-Kiang, ii. 144n, 175n Kwan Hsien, ii. 41n Kwansinfu, ii. 221n, 224n Kwawa, i.e. Java, etymology, ii. 119n Kwei-chau (Cuiju), ii. 82n, 124n, 127n, 129n Kwei-hwa-ch’eng, or Kuku Khotan, i. 278n, 286n, 287n Kweilei River, i. 345n Kyŭng-sang province, ii. 262n

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topics: geography and the description of places · kinship, lineage, and clan · religious persecution and toleration

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 · Marco Polo · 1298