National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
| |||||||||
|
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 |
642
N ICOL.AS
MURAD BEG INDEX
Murad Beg, of Kunduz, i. 156n, i6in, 163n
Murghab River, i. 172n, 175n
Murray, Dr. J. A. H., on Couvade, ii. 93n Hugh, ii. 133n, 141n, 175n, 208/i, 2I2n, 486n
Murus Ussu (Brius, Upper Kiang), ii. 67n Mus, Merdin (Mush, Mardin), i. 6o, 62n Musa'úd, Prince of Hormuz, i. 12on, 12In
Musk, animal (Moschus), i. 275, 279n,
364, ii. 34, 351, 45, 54
earliest mention of and use in
medicine, i. 279n
Muslin, see Mosolin
Mutfili (Motapallé for Telingana), ii.
359, 362n, 403n, 424 ; its diamonds,
360-361, 362n ; identified, 362n
Muza, ii. 408n
Mynibar, ii. 426n
Mysore, ii. 427n
Mystic number, see Numbers
NAC, Nasich, Naques (Nakh), a kind of brocade, i. 63, 65n, 285, 295n Nachetti, silk stuff interwoven with gold,
i. 65n
Nakhut, gold brocade, i. 65n
Nakkára (Naccara, Nacaires), the great kettledrum signalling action, i. 338,
339n-34 i n, ii. 461 Nákshatra, ii. 368n
Nalanda, i. 3o6n
Nan-Chao, formerlyAi-Lao, Shan dynasty in Yun-nan, ii. 73n, 79n
Nancouri, ii. 3o8n
Nanghin (Ngan-king), ii. 154, 157, 171n Nangiass, Mongol name of Manzi, ii.
144/2
Nankau, archway in Pass of, with poly-
glot inscription, i. 28n
Nanking, not named by Polo, ii. 158n
Nanwuli, ii. 301n
Naobanján, i. 85n
Naoshirwan, i. 53n
Naphtha in the Caucasian country, i. 46,
49
Fire used in war by the Karaunahs,
Ioin
Napier, Sir C., i. 147n
Napoleon III., his researches and experiments on medieval engines of war,
164n, 165n
Narikela-Dvipa, ii. 307n
Narin-Kaleli, fortress, i. 53n Narkandam, volcanic island, ii. 312n Narsinga, King of, ii. 347n
Narwhal tusk, medieval Unicorn's Horn,
ii. 291n
Nasich, see Nac
Nasruddin (Nescradin), officer in the Mongol Service, ii. 'or, 104n, 1 i in,
114n
Nassir-uddin, Mahmud, Sultan of Delhi,
12
Natigay, Tartar idol, i. 257, 258/2, 456, 479
Nava-Khanda, or Nine Divisions of Ancient India, i. 1o4n
Navapa (Lop ?), i. 197n
Naversa (ancient Anazarbus), in Cilicia, under Taurus, i. 58n
Nayan, Kúblái's kinsman, his revolt, i. 333, 334n ; Kúblái marches against, 335 ; routed in battle, 337 ; put to death by Kúblái, 343
Nearchus at Hormuz, i. I14n
Nebila and Mangia islands, ii. 405n
Nebuchadnezzar, i. 52n
Necklaces, precious, ii. 338, 346n
Necuveran, see Nicobar
Negapatam, Chinese Pagoda at, ii. 336n Negroes described, ii. 422
Negropont, i. 18, 19n, 36
Nellore, ii. 333n
Nemej, Niemicz (" Dumb "), applied to Germans by Slays, ii. 4931
Nerghi, Plain of, ii. 499
Neri (pigs), ii. 21 0n
Nescradin, see Nasruddin
Nesnás (a goblin), i. 202/2
Nestorian Christians, at Mosul, i. 46, 6o, 61n ; Ta,uris, 75 77n ; Kashgar, 182 ; Samarkand, 182, 186n ; Yarkand, 187 ; Tangut, 203, 207n ; Kamul, 21 In ; Chingintalas, 212 ; Sukchur, 217 ; Kampichu, Kan-chau, 219; their diffusion in Asia, 237n ; among the Mongols, 241, 243n ; Erguiul and Sinju, 274 ; Egrigaia, 281 ; Tenduc, 284, 285, 287n ; China, 291n ; Yachi, or Yun-nan fu, ii. 66, 74n ; Cacanfu, 132 ; Yang-chau, 154n ; one in Polo's suite, 159 ; churches at Chinghianfu, 177 ; church at Kinsay, 192 ; at St. Thomas, 358n ; Patriarch of, 377n, 407 ; Metropolitan, 377n, 409n
Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, i. 6 i
Nevergún Pass, i. 112n
New Year Festival at Kúblái's Court, i.
390
Neza Tash Pass, i. 172n
Ngan-king (Nanghin), ii. 154, 157, 171n
Ngan-ning-ho River, ii. 69n
Ngantung, Mongol general, ii. 462n
Ngo-ning, or Ho-nhi, ii, 120n, 121/i
Nia (ancient Ni-jang), in Khotan, i. 195/2
Nias Island, ii. 298n
Nibong Palm, ii. 305n
Nicaea of Alexander, i. 105n
Nicholson, Edward B., ii. 604n
Nicobar (Necuveran) Islands, ii. 306,
307n, 315n ; etymology and people,
Nicolas of Pistoia, ii. 356n
|
Copyright (C) 2003-2019 National Institute of Informatics and The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.