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The silk of Yāzd is mentioned by Oriental and Western writers (cf. HEYD, t, 109), and YULE
(Y, 1, 88-89) has already quoted Oriental texts which speak of yāzdī brocade. But, to my knowledge,
the name itself of the « iasdi » (= yāzdī) silk mentioned by Polo has not as yet been found in any
other Western text.

**257. IESUDAR**

*gyosudar* LT *iesusdar* V *josudar* Z
*iesudar* F, FA

The name is well attested in Mongolian, and there can be no doubt that Polo used it; in written
Mongolian, *yisüdü'är* means « ninth » and one is tempted to adopt it as the explanation of « Iesu-
dar », but the *Secret History* (§ 274) and *YS*, 8, 6 b, 10 b; 13, 3 a; 122, 5 b; 129, 3 a, etc. (cf. WANG
Hui-tsu¹, 22, 9 a-11 a), as well as the Persian sources (for instance *Bl*, II, 464), know only Yäsüdär
or Yesüdär (Yisüdär); the most usual Chinese transcription Yeh-su-ta-êrh covers absolutely Polo's
« Iesudar »; cf. perhaps Kalm. Yistr, a masculine proper name (RAMSTEDT, *Kalm. Wörterb.*, 219).
On other names with the ending *-dar*, see « Negodar ».

Nevertheless, we do not know of any prince of that name who can in any way be associated
with Qaidu; there may have been a slip in Polo's account, and, for the present, it would be vain to
propose the name of any other of Qaidu's confederates as having played the part attributed by Polo
to « Iesudar ».

**258. INDIE**

*endie, ydie, yndes, yndie* F *india granda* V *india mediana* L, P
*inde* F, FA *india maggior* R *india mezana* V, VA, VB, VL
*indes* O *india maggiore* TA¹ *india mezzana, seconda* R
*india* L, LT, P, TA¹, TA³, *india maior* L, P, Z *meçaine (meçane) yndie* F
V, VA, VB, VL, Z; G, R *india mazor* VA, VB, VL *media seu mediana india* P
*indie* F, Fr, *t*; G [*isole maggiori* TA³] *mediane* [*indie*] Fr, *t*
*indya* Z *mediocris indya* Z
*ynde* F, FA, FB *india menor* V, VA, VB, VL; *mezana india* TA³
*yndia* LT, Z R *mezzana india* TA¹
—————— *india minor* L, P, Z *mittilste indie* G
*yndienz* F *india minore* TA¹, TA³ *moianne inde* FA
—————— *menor ynde* F *moienne ynde* FA, FB
*groze indie* G *india meneur* FB *yndia media* LT
*inde (ynde) greigneur* FA, FB *ynde menour* FA ——————
*inde (ynde) greignor (grein-* *india superior* Z
*gnor*) F

On Greater, Middle and Lesser India, I have nothing worth adding to what has already been
stated by YULE (*Y*, II, 425-427). YULE says nothing about the eight great continental kingdoms