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0060 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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doi: 10.20676/00000269
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the city bore when the Mongol invasions brought China into communication with
the west, and Klaproth supposes that this was modified by the Mongols into Kenjanfu.
Under the latter name it is mentioned by Rashiduddin as the seat of one of the Twelve
Sings or great provincial administrations, and we find it still known by this name in
Sharifuddin's history of Timur. The same name is traceable in the Kansan of
Odoric, which he calls the second best province in the world, and the best populated.