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INDEX
507
Medicine - case, lid of ancient Chinese, ii. 98
Medicine chest, of Tabloids, ii. 482
Mehtar, or chief, of Chitral, i. 24, 35-37 Melons, i. 153, 165
Mercurial mountain barometer, i. 19, 53,
59, 529 ; ii. 358
Merdek-shahr, ancient fort near Tarim, i.
413, 425-427
Merton College, Oxford, hospitable retreat for work, i. xxI1I ; ii. 492
Mice, mummified, i. 276
Mihman, shepherd guide from Endere, i.
316, 317
Mihman-khana, or guest quarters, i. 135 Military Babus,' ii. 97
Military colonies, in early Chinese docu-
ments, i. 399, 513 ; ii. 149
Military equipment, in Chinese documents,
399 ; ii. 130, 151
Military organisation, of ancient Chinese
border, ii. 146-155. See also Old Wall Milk, difficult to obtain among Chinese,
255, 330
Ming dynasty, buildings of, at Chia-yü-
kuan, ii. 277, 279
Ming-oi = ` thousand houses,' near Shik-
chin, excavation of Buddhist shrines at, ii. 365-371
Minimum temperatures, i. 63, 75, 83, 266,
356, 368, 376, 384, 419, 438, 452, 511,
525, 532 ; ii. 49, 60, 61, 73, 80, 307,
316, 371, 387, 390, 409, 441, 443, 459, 462, 481
Minto, Lord, Viceroy, his interest in expedi-
tion at Peshawar, i. xiv, 5-7 ; his wel-
come at Calcutta on return, ii. 489-490 Mirab, or irrigation overseer, i. 236, 430 ;
ii. 416
Miran, near Lop-nor, preliminary excava-
tion of Tibetan fort and Buddhist temple,
i. 348 - 353 ; return to ruined fort, i. 437 - 444 ; finds of Tibetan records, i.
445-451 ; ancient temples, i. 452-460 ; a dado of angels, i. 461-468: the frescoes,
i• 469-477 ; a cycle of festive figures, i. 478-485 ; mural painting of Buddhist
legend, i. 486-495 ; Naik Ram Singh struck with blindness on return to, I.
496 ; ii. 433
Mirza Haidar, author of the Tarikh - i-
Rashicli, i. 207
Moccasins, worn on snow by Mastujis,
59 ; provided for Muhammadans at Hami, ii. 344 ; worn by Kirghiz, ii. 481 Monetary system, complexities of, i. 501 ;
70, 344-345
Mongol dominion in Central Asia, i. 333,
451 ; ii. 27, 174, 222, 260
Mongol herdsmen, i. 345 ; ii• 258, 264,
330, 331, 364, 365, 372 Mongol solitary traveller, i. 467
Mongolian type of Lopliks, i. 336, 341,
342, 347
Monkeys, grotesque figurines of, i. 232
Mora, game of, recalled by attitude in Miran frescoes, i. 481, 483
Moraines, ancient, covered by loess deposits, i. 182, 199 ; ii. 317
Moravian mission at Leh, i. 154, 447 ; medical help at, ii. 485, 486-488
Mosques, at Chitral, i. 37 ; near Karghalik,
139, 142 ; at Besh-terek, i. 144 ; at Duwa, i. 160 ; of Imam Ja'far Tairan, i. 238 ; at Yotkan, ii. 438
Mosquitoes near Lop-nor, i. 318, 512 ;
near Su-lo Ho, ii. 113, 134, 157, 158 Moulds for casting relievos, i. 244
Mountain - sickness on Darkot Pass, i.
57, 59 ; on Otrughul Glacier, i. 191 ; on glacier in search for Yangi Dawan, ii.
477
Mountaineering manual, consulted for frost-
bite, ii. 483
Mouse-traps, ancient, i. 274, 296
Mubarak Shah, Wakhi head-man, i. 64 Muhammad, best of Shahyar men, ii. 388 Muhammad Isa, Kirghiz head-man on
Pamirs, i. 77, 79
Muhammadju, Yarkandi, faithful old cara-
van man, i. Io, 22, 84, 98, 128, 358, 407,
415, 434, 437, 498 ; ii• 437, 473, 484, 489 Muhammad Yusuf, Wakhi Beg, i. 88, 89
Muhammad Yusuf, Beg of Niya, i. 265 ;
transferred to Polur, ii. 440, 441 Mulberries, i. 103, 109, 121, 127, 139,
148 ; dead trees, i. 270, 277, 294, 315 Mule trunks, i. 7, 8, zoo, 250 ; ii. 15
` Mulki Sahib,' or political officer, i. 34 Mullah, old Loplik hunter and guide, i.
340-342, 390, 415, 428, 502, 504, 539
231, 255
Mullah, carpenter and scribe, ii. 407, 409 Mullah Khwaja, guide at Khadalik, i. 237,
Mullai sect, under derAga Khan, in Sarikol,
i 94
Müller, Prof. F. W. K., his interpretation
of Sogdian MSS., i. xxii ; ii. 213 Murghab, or Ak-su, one source of Oxus, i.
78, 79
Musa, Chitrali, pony-man and good climber,
156, 158, 188, 194, 195, 428 ; ii. 476,
481, 4$2, 489
Musa Haji, imaginative guide, at Korla,
373-375
Music, at Kafir dance, at Chitral, i. 39 ;
at Khotan, i. 218
Musical instrument in Miran fresco, i. 481
` Mussucks,' or goat-skins for water and for raft, i. 10, 157, 193, 368 ; ii. 89, 383,
387, 388, 393, 396, 399, 400
Murtagh-ata Range, eastern buttresses of,
i. 131
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