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There _is_ a remarkable Stone at Samarkand, the _Kok-Tash_ or Green Stone,

on which Timur”s throne was set
There _is_ a remarkable Stone at Samarkand, the _Kok-Tash_ or Green Stone,
on which Timur”s throne was set. Tradition says that, big as it is, it was
brought by him from Brusa;–but tradition may be wrong. (See _Vmbry”s
Travels_, p. 206.) [Also _H. Moser, A travers l”Asie centrale_, 114-115.
–H. C.]

gorham lady anne crystal […]

Meanwhile Messer Marco chanced to return from India, whither he had gone

CHAPTER LIX

Polo, it seems evident to me, knew nothing of Chinese

‘The sacred sites of Buddhist Khotan which Hiuen Tsang and Fa-hian

[4] This _tison_ can be seen in the cuts from the tomb of St

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D”Ohsson, also professing to follow Rashid, calls this ‘his capital