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0702 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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Ma'bar (Maabar, *i.e.* Coromandel coast), province of India, ii. 331, 332*n*, 338; its brother kings, 331, 332*n*, 335*n*, 370, 371; pearl fishery, 331, 335*n*, 337*n*; etymology, 332*n*; limits, 333*n*; obscurity of history, 334*n*; port visited by Polo, 335*n*; nakedness of people, king, his jewels, 338-346; his wives, "Trusty Lieges," treasure, 339, 347*n*; horses imported, 340; superstitious customs, 340; ox-worship, 341; Govis, *ib.*; no horses bred, 342, 350*n*; other customs, 342; mode of arrest for debt, 343, 350*n*; great heat, 343; regard for omens, 344, 351*n*; astrology, treatment of boys, 344; birds, girls consecrated to idols, 345, 351*n*; customs in sleeping, 346, 352*n*; ships at Madagascar, 412
Macartney's Map, i. 271, 292*n*
Macgregor, Sir C., "Journey through Khorasan," i. 86*n*, 89*n*
Máchin, city of (Canton), ii. 175*n*
Máchin, Maháchin (Great China), used by Persian writers as synonymous with Manzi, ii. 35*n*, 144*n*, 175*n*
Maclagan, Major-General (R.E.), i. 105*n*, 155*n*
Madagascar (Madeigascar), ii. 411, 413*n*; confused with Magadoxo, 414*n*; etymology, 414*n*; traces of ancient Arab colonisation, 414*n*
Mádái, Madavi, Maudoy, ii. 387*n*, 388*n*
Madjgars, ii. 491*n*-492*n*
Madar-Des, Eastern Pánjáb, i. 104*n*
Madras, ii. 355*n*, 405*n*
Madura, ii. 333*n*, 334*n*, 335*n*
Maestro, or Great Bear, said to be invisible in Sumatra, ii. 292, 296*n*
Magadha, ii. 350*n*
Magadoxo, confused with Madagascar, ii. 414*n*
Magapatana, near Ceylon, ii. 283*n*
Magi, the three, i. 78-80; legend as told by Mas'udi, 82*n*; source of fancies about, 82*n*; names assigned to, 83*n*
Magic, of Udyana, i. 164*n*; Lamaitic, 301, 314*n*. (*See also* Sorcerers.)
Magical darkness (dry fog and dust storms), i. 98, 105*n*
Magnet, Mount, ii. 418*n*
Magyars, ii. 491*n*-492*n*
Mahar Amlak, king of Abyssinia, ii. 436*n*
Mahavan, ii. 426*n*
Mahmúd Kalhátí, prince of Hormuz, i. 121*n*
Mahmúd of Ghazni, i. 166*n*
Mahmudiah Canal, ii. 439*n*
Mahomed (Mahommet), his account of Gog and Magog, i. 56*n*; his Paradise, 140; his alleged prophecy of the Mongols, 265*n*; his use of mangonels, ii. 164*n*

Mahomed, supposed worship of idols of, i. 189*n*
—— II., uses the old engines of war, ii. 163*n*, 166*n*
—— Tarahi, i. 106*n*
—— Tughlak of Delhi, his copper token currency, 429*n*
—— Shah of Malacca, ii. 282*n*
Mahomedan revolts in China, ii. 29*n*, 74*n*, 80*n*
—— conversion of Malacca, 282*n*
—— conversion of states in Maabar, 284, 288*n*, 294*n*, 295*n*, 300*n*-303*n*
—— butchers in Kashmir, i. 167
—— butchers in Maabar, ii. 342
—— king of Kayal, 374*n*
—— merchants at Kayal, 372*n*
—— settlements on Abyssinian coast, 434*n*
Mahomedans (Saracens), i. 414, 418; in Turcomania, 43; in and near Mausul, 60; their universal hatred of Christians, 68, 72; in Tauris, 75; in Persia, 84; their hypocrisy about wine, 87*n*; at Yezd, 88; Hormuz, 108; Cobinan, 125; Tonocain, 128; Sapurgan, 149; Taican, 153; Badakhshan, 157; Wakhan, etc., 170; Kashgar, 180; strife with Christians in Samarkand, 183; Yarkand, 187; Khotan, 188; Pein, 191; Charchan, 194; Lop, 196; Tangut, 203; Chingintalas, 212; Kanchau, 219, 203; Sinju, 274; Egrigaia, 281; Tenduc, their half-breed progeny, 284; in northern frontier of China, alleged origin of, 288*n*; their gibes at Christians, 343; Kúblái's dislike of, 420, 422*n*; in Yunnan, ii. 66, 67*n*, 74*n*; in Champa, 268*n*; in Sumatra, 284, 288*n*, 294*n*, 295*n*, 300*n*, 303*n*; troops in Ceylon, 314; pilgrims to Adam's Peak, 319; honour St. Thomas, 353; in Kesmacoran, 401; in Madagascar, 411; in Abyssinia, 427; in Aden, 428, 438; outrage by, 428 *seqq.*; at Esher, 442; in Dufar, 444; Calatu, 449; Hormuz, 452; Ahmad Sultan one, 467
Mailapúr (Shrine of St. Thomas), ii. 355*n*
Maiman, i. 80*n*
*Maître*, the word, ii. 290*n*
Maitreya Buddha, ii. 330*n*
Majapahit, empire of (Java), ii. 275*n*
Majar (Menjar), ii. 491*n*
Major, R. H., on Australia, ii. 280*n*
Makdashan, *see* Magadoxo
Malabar, Melibar, Malibar, Manibar, ii. 380, 390; fleets, 389; products, 389, 390; imports, Chinese ships in, 390, 391*n*
Malacca, ii. 281*n*; foundation of, 282*n*; chronology, 282*n*