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lXXVi   INDEX.

Dwarfs, 136

Dyaks of Borneo, 94

EARTH, Length and Breadth of In-

habited, clxviii seq.

Easter, Saracen, 225

Eating sick relations, alleged custom

.of, 101, 102

Eebatana taken by Prester John, 174

Ectag (the Altai), clxiii

Edict, Chinese, regarding Christian

Churches, xci-ii

Edil or Wolga, 50 ; see Attila

Edrisi's Geography and Notices of

China, cxii ; his geography of the

Upper Oxus, ccxxxiv

Edward II, Letter to Oljaitu, Khan of

Persia from, cxxxi

Egyptian Months, clxxi

Egriar, 571

Eier Tau, Lake, 324

Elabacare, 452

Elchigaday ; see Ilchikdai

Elephant, white, 423 ; sagacity of, 367

Carriage of G. Khan, 135

Elephants, lii; kept by Indian Princes,

clxxx ; bought by height, ib. ;
prices, ib.; taming and fighting of,

clxxxi ; tusks, ib. ; of the King of Champa, 95; at Peking, 140; in Saba, 392 ; alleged use of in China, 435 ; in Tawalisi, 521 ; on Sulo and part of Borneo, ib.; on Maldives (2), 322

Elias, and Phineas, Legends about,

391; hill tops sacred to, ib. ; in

Saba, ib.

(lliyas) Khwaja, 525

Elim or Raithu, clxxii

Ely, ccli, 451; see Hili

Embassies, from Roman Empire to

China, lxii seqq. ; from Byzantium to Turkish Khagans, elx; from Shah Rukh to Peking, cxl, cxcix ; from G. Khan to the Pope in 1338, 313 ; and in return, 319 ; from Emp. of China to Delhi in 1342, 410 ; and return embassy, 411; to China, commercial expeditions in guise of,

564, 582   •

Emeralds, clxxx, ccxlii

Empoli, Giovanni of, ccxlii, 72 Enoch, the founder of Monkery, 370 Ephthalites or White Huns, clx-i-ii Equips of Rubruquis, cc, ccxi segq. Ergol or Tarym R., 544

Erzingan, 300

Erzrum, 46, 300

Ethiopia, Deputation from, 167.8,209; Christianity of, 168 ; open to missions, 227-9; see Abyssinia

Euphirattes, Lake below Paradise, 346 Euphrates, R. ; sources of, 46 ; 351 Europe invaded by Tartars,, cxix Evil Spirits in Deserts, 157

Expenses of Mercantile venture to Cathay, 293

Exterior China, cxiv

FAGHFUR, cxii; see Baghbugh

Fahian's Travels, lxxii

Fakanur, 425, 451

Fakhruddin, Sultan of Bengal, eclii,

459

Fals, the word, 116, 481

Fan (Fanâm), its value, 343.4

Eanchan or Panchan, Chinese and

Mongol Ministerial Title, 137, 263,

264, 265, 268, 315

Fandaraina, 75, 419, 453 ; see Pan-

darani

Fansuri Camphor, 471

Fars, a metropolitan see of Nestorians,

ccxly

Farsakh or Parasang, ccxvii

Farwan (Parwan), 558

Fattan or Pattan, port in S. India,

214, 219, 421

Fatteh Ali Shah's large family, 95

Fazlullah ; see Rashiduddin

Feasts at Court of G. Khan, 141

Fedo (Fada), the word, 285

Feet, compressed, of Chinese women,

153

Felt, tents of black, in Tibet, 148 ;

idols made of, 156

Female, dress in Baghdad, 54 ;

schools, 416

   Sovereignty, 322, 389, 422
Fenchui-Nanwang, 126

Fez, the King of, 426-7

Fig leaves ; see Plantain

Filippo, Padre, on Terr. Paradise, 327 Fire, Tartar ceremony of passing

persons and goods through, clxiii
Firuz, son of Yezdejird III, takes re-

fuge in China, lxxxv

, Rebellious nephew of G. Khan (fictitious), 506

Fish, wondrous shoals of, 96 ; for cattle food, 400

Fish-eating Ethiopians, clii

Fishing in China ; by cormorants,11112 ; by hand, 113

Fistuchi, 304

Fiume di Piaceri,157

Flandrina, 75 ; see Pandarani Florence, John of; two such Johns,311 Florin, Florentine, 281, 443

Florus on Seres, xi'i