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Notes on Marco Polo : vol.3 |
180 INDEX
Märkit : Chinghiz-khan's victory over them is anterior to ,Jäci's birth and could not have taken place later than 1184.
See CINGHIS, p. 287.
Mecca : Chinese transcriptions. See ARABIE, p. 45.
Media : the country of the Medes, in Ramusio's text.
See ASYA MEDIA, p. 55. MEDIA, see ASYA MEDIA and INDIE.
See p. 776.
« Medie » : used archaistically by Hethum as a designation of Kurdistan.
See ASYA MEDIA, p. 55. Mediterranean Orient (the) = Fu-lin, R6m, Frôm.
See DARKNESS (PROVINCE OF), p. 624.
« Medium Imperium » : in Western sources of the early 14th cent., for the dominions of Z`ayatai's branch.
See CIAGATAI, p. 254.
« Medorum Imperium » : mistake for « Medium Imperium ». See CIAGATAI, p. 254.
« Megaloperdrix tibetanus » wrongly for Megaloperdix tibetanus. See CATORS, p. 230.
« Megoa » : in Mendoça, seems more likely to be Hsing-hua than Ch'üan-chou.
See ÇAITON, p. 597.
Mei-ch'i-hung : (in Shanghai) the « independant shrine » erected there was dedicated to Huang tao-p'o in 1813.
See COTTON, p. 486.
mei-hua nao : « plum-flower camphor » mentioned by Chao Jukua in his notice on Borneo. See FANSUR, p. 669.
mei-hua p'ien nao : one of the products of Borneo mentioned by Wang Ta-yuan. Must translate « plum-flower flake camphor ».
See FANSUR, p. 669.
mei-nao : in the Hsi-yang ch'aokung tien-lu, equivalent to mei-hua nao.
See FANSUR, p. 669.
mei p'ien : another chinese word sometimes used for camphor, meaning « plum flake ».
See FANSUR, p. 670.
Mekong (in S. Chandra Das, 'Brian refers not to the Upper Yang-tsû, but to the).
See BRIUS, p. 106.
Mekran : or Persian Baluchistan was called by Polo « Kesmacoran ».
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 671. MELCHIOR.
One of the three Magi kings. The name is Arameo-Assyrian, Milki uri.
See p. 776.
Melchite : the bronze cross brought back from Khotan is a Melchite monument.
See COTAN, p. 424.
« melic » (q.v.).
See ALINAC, p. 30.
« melic » : or king of Hormuz mentioned by Polo.
See CURMOS, p. 577.
melik : see « Melic ».
See DAVID MELIC, p. 625. Mernecylon tinctorium : Arab. wars; a saffron-like plant.
See BRAZIL, p. 103.
« Mençu » : (Odoric) sometimes associated with Chên-chiang, sometimes with Ming-chou; the identification is doubtful. See CINGHIANFU, p. 280.
MENGIAR.
It designates the region of the city of Maar.
A Franciscan convent was there in the 14th cent.
See p. 777-778.
« menu vair » : (> Latin minutus varius, Engl. meniver and miniver). Similar to « gros vair » but with smaller squares.
See ERCOLIN, p. 644. Mergen.
See BARSCOL, p. 85. MERIDIN.
It is the Mardin of our maps. Polo may have written « Mere-din ».
See p. 778.
Mery : in 1290-1291, the Qarau• nas revolted there.
See CARAUNAS, p. 190. oresiryak : Bulgar, « turkey ». See EGIPTE, p. 640.
Mêng Ch'i : there is no indication that he had anything to do with the Nung-sang chi-yao. See COTTON, p. 500.
Mêng Hung : the Mêng-Ta pei-lu, generally attributed to him, must be from Chao Hung. See CINGHIS, p. 284.
Mêng-ku : never occurs as a designation of the Mongols in the Sung shih and the Chin shih. See CINGHIS, p. 314.
Mêng-ku-tai : was set in charge of the affairs of the « moving shêng » at Fu-chou on March 26,1278 (YS).
See ÇAITON, p. 589.
Mêng-kuo : (in Pai-i writing MingKwè) name of Tali in the Pai-i Vocabulary of the Ming dynasty. See CARAGIAN, p. 176.
Mêng K'ang : lived in the first half of the 3rd cent., author of a lost commentary on the Ch'ien-Han shu entitled Hanshu yin-i.
See COTTON, p. 446.
Mêng-na : rendering of Kan-yai in the Chinese-Pa-i Vocabulary. See COTTON, p. 455. Mêng-nai : ought to be different from the Mêng-na rendering Kan-yai.
See COTTON, p. 455.
Mêng-wu : (i.e. the Mongols) the earliest mention of them occurs in the list of the Shih-wci tribes.
See CIORCIA, p. 386.
Mêng-wu-t'ai : (a Chinese who had become enough of a Mongol to receive the new name of). See CAIDU, p. 126.
mgron-bu : (or 'gron-bu) Tibetan name of the cowry.
See COWRIES, p. 561.
Mi : this is the surname of the people of the kingdom of Mi-lu (Mo-lu).
See COTTON, p. 495.
Mi : means « husked rice ».
See FANSUR, p. 668-669.
mi : « strips » (of silk), used to value objects in Yün-nan (Man shu). See COWRIES, p. 54.4.
mi : in the Chinese-Pai-i Vocabulary; it is perhaps the same as Siam. bld, « cowry ».
See COWRIES, p. 544. mi-che-ri : a hard iron, probably steel, in Tibetan.
See EGIPTE, p. 640.
Mi-ch'ên : the so-lo mentioned there is perhaps the cotton plant. See COTTON, p. 473.
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