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Notes on Marco Polo : vol.2 |
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276. LOR
elor FB ler V VL, Z; R
laor TA¹, TA³ lor F, FA, L, LT, P, VB, lori VA
The third of the « eight kingdoms » of Persia according to Polo, who mentions it between
Kurdistān and Sūlistān. It is of course the Luristān, or country of the Lur, in Western Iran. On
Luristān, cf. Y, I, 85; LS, 200-202, 244-245; El, s.v. « Lur » and « Luristān », by MINORSKY. From
Polo the « eight kingdoms », and among them « Lor », have passed into Fra Mauro's map (HALLBERG,
318). 羅 乙 Lo-êrh (= Lor) appears on the Chinese map of c. 1330 and is named in the corresponding
list of YS, 63, 16 b (cf. Br, II, 127).
Polo's « Lor » and the « Lo-êrh » of the Chinese are in absolute agreement with the Persian
pronunciation, which is Lor. And Polo is also justified in saying only « Lor », although he uses
for instance « Cielstan » and « Curdistan ». In mediaeval times, a distinction was made between
« Little Lor » and « Great Lor », but the name « Luristan » for « Little Lor » does not go farther back
than the 16th cent.
277. MAFEU
mafe FA maffeo, maffio R maphio VL
mafeo F, Fr, t mafio V, VA, VB, VL masse (?) O
mafeu F, Ft manfeus L matheus P, Pˢ
mafeus L, LT mapheus Z matteo TA¹, TA³
maffe FA, FAr, FB
This seems to be Rustichello's original French spelling for the name of Polo's uncle Matteo.
278. MALAIUR
lamouich (rex) LT malanie VA malenir VL
malains VB malauia V maliur FA
malaiur FB; R malauir F, L, TA¹, TA³, Z meleiur P
All commentators, and even GERINI (in spite of his « Malaya-vāra » and « Malla-vīra ? » in
Researches on Ptolemy's Geography, 533), are agreed that some form of Malāyu, « Malay », is
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