Monthly Archives: September 2006

Fadlallah, i Ptis de la Croix, relating the same campaign and professing to follow Fadlallah, i.e. Rashiduddin, says the king ‘retired to his fortress of _Arbaca_.’

regarded as the first recognition of Columbus as a man of importance, for the expedition was manned and commanded by picked men; so it was for all reasons a very fortunate one for him, although the possession of the dangerous … Continue reading →

NOTE 3.–The number of these festivals and distributions of dresses is _thirteen_ in all the old texts, except the Latin of the Geog. Soc., which has _twelve_. Thirteen would seem therefore to have been in the original copy. And the … Continue reading →

in this fashion And when the Great Kaan sits at table on any great court occasion, it is in this fashion. His table is elevated a good deal above the others, and he sits at the north end of the … Continue reading →

Fins, Slavs, and Turks Fraehn shows ground for believing the people to have been a mixture of Fins, Slavs, and Turks. Nicephorus Gregoras supposes that they took their name from the great river on which they dwelt ([Greek: Bolga]).

river _Hei-shui_, called _Etsina_ by the Mongols, east of Suhchau [I believe there can be no doubt that Etzina must be looked for on the river _Hei-shui_, called _Etsina_ by the Mongols, east of Suhchau. This river empties its waters … Continue reading →

Rubruquis (Rockhill”s ed. pp. 153-154) says:–’And whenever the principal envoy [of Longa] came to court he carried a highly-polished tablet of ivory about a cubit long and half a palm wide. Every time he spoke to the chan or some … Continue reading →

their hills and plains are productive, the former _being mostly composed of earth, having very little of rocky substance_ Curiously, Pandit Manphul says of the districts about the Kokcha: ‘Both their hills and plains are productive, the former _being mostly … Continue reading →