Monthly Archives: November 2007

Several of the fancies that legend has attached to the brief story of the

Magi in St Several of the fancies that legend has attached to the brief story of the Magi in St. Matthew, such as the royal dignity of the persons; their location, now in Arabia, now (as here) at Saba in … Continue reading

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‘Kuku-Khoto is the depôt for the Mongolian trade with China

‘Kuku-Khoto is the dept for the Mongolian trade with China. It contains two hundred tea-shops, five theatres, fifteen temples, and six Mongol monasteries. Among its sights are the Buddhist convent of Utassa, with its five pinnacles and has-reliefs, the convent … Continue reading

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The name of REOBARLES, which Marco applies to the plain intermediate

between the two descents, has given rise to many conjectures The name of REOBARLES, which Marco applies to the plain intermediate between the two descents, has given rise to many conjectures. Marsden pointed to _Rdbr_, a name frequently applied in … Continue reading

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[Illustration: Tibetan Bacsi]

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NOTE 2

NOTE 2.–CHAGATAI, here called Sigatay, was Uncle, not Brother, to the Great Kaan (Kbli). Nor was Kaidu either Chagatai”s son or Kbli”s nephew, as Marco here and elsewhere represents him to be. (See Bk. IV. ch. i.) The term used … Continue reading

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NOTE 2

NOTE 2.–On the mystic importance attached to the number 9 on all such occasions among the Mongols, see _Hammer”s Golden Horde_, p. 208; _Hayton_, ch. iii. in Ramusio II.; _Not. et Ext._ XIV. Pt. I. 32; and _Strahlenberg_ (II. 210 … Continue reading

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HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS

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Odoric describes the great jar of liquor in the middle of the palace hall,

but in his time it was made of a great mass of jade (p Odoric describes the great jar of liquor in the middle of the palace hall, but in his time it was made of a great mass of … Continue reading

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Major P

Major P. Molesworth Sykes, _Recent Journeys in Persia_ (_Geog. Journal_, X. 1897, p. 589), says: ‘Upon arrival in Rudbar, we turned north wards and left the Farman Farma, in order to explore the site of Marco Polo”s “Camadi.”… We came … Continue reading

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