Monthly Archives: February 2008

NOTE 1

NOTE 1.–The name of PASHAI has already occurred (see ch. xviii.) linked with DIR, as indicating a tract, apparently of very rugged and difficult character, through which the partizan leader Nigdar passed in making an incursion from Badakhshan towards Kshmir. … Continue reading

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The effect foretold in these lines is the subject of a woodcut

illustrating a Welsh version of the same tale in the first volume of the _Mabinogion_ The effect foretold in these lines is the subject of a woodcut illustrating a Welsh version of the same tale in the first volume of … Continue reading

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CHAPTER III

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Thus John of Monte Corvino, afterwards Archbishop of Cambaluc or Peking,

in his letter of January, 1305, from that city, speaks of Polo”s King George in these terms: ‘A certain king of this part of the world, by name George, belonging to the sect of the Nestorian Christians, and of the … Continue reading

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[The Two Brothers I have mentioned are bound by the tenure of their office

to supply the Kaan”s Court from October to the end of March with 1000 head of game daily, whether of beasts or birds, and not counting quails; and also with fish to the best of their ability, allowing fish enough … Continue reading

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NOTE 1

NOTE 1.–We may remember that at a date only three years before Marco related this story (viz. in 1295), the cottage of Loreto is asserted to have changed its locality for the third and last time by moving to the … Continue reading

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CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS

BIRTHDAY CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY. clean and clear best friends competition social trends coffee delaware wedding reception site list are biology careers for majors there what cat allergic to fleas … Continue reading

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There can be no doubt that _Asidin Soldan_ is, as Khanikoff has said,

Ghaiassuddin Balban, Sultan of Delhi from 1266 to 1286, and for years before that a man of great power in India, and especially in the Panjb, of which he had in the reign of Ruknuddin (1236) held independent possession There … Continue reading

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The issue of paper-money in China is at least as old as the beginning of

the 9th century The issue of paper-money in China is at least as old as the beginning of the 9th century. In 1160 the system had gone to such excess that government paper equivalent in nominal value to 43,600,000 ounces … Continue reading

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