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0675 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / Page 675 (Color Image)

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Bacu, Sea of (Caspian), i. 59n
Badakhshan (Badashan), i. 98, 104n, 154,
157; its population, 155n, 160n;
capitals of, 156n; Mirs of, 156n,
160n; legend of Alexandrian pedigree
of its kings, 157, 160n; depopulation
of, 156n, 163n; scenery, 158n; dia-
lects, 160n; forms of the name, 161n;
great river of (Upper Oxus), 170
Badáin, ii. 427n
Badger, Rev. Dr. G. P., i. 65n, ii. 444n
Badghis, i. 150n, ii. 467
Badgír, Wind-catchers, ii. 452, 453n
Badruddin Lú-lú, last Atabeg of Mosul,
i. 61n
Báfft (Báft), i. 89n, 111n, 122n
Baghdad (Baadas), Baldac, taken by
Alaú, Hulákú, i. 63; its Khalif, 63,
64; the miracle of the mountain, 69
—— Archbishop of, ii. 407
—— its indigo (baccadeo), ii. 382n
Bagratidae, of Armenia, i. 42n; of
Georgia, 52n
Bagration-Mukransky, Prince, i. 53n
Bahar, ii. 427n
Bahárak, plain, i. 156n
Bahá-uddin Ayaz, Wazir of Kalhát, i.
120n
Bahá-ul-hakh, the Saint of Multán, ii.
82n
Bahrámábád, i. 90n, 122n
Bahránjird Village, i. 113n
Baibun, ii. 348n
Baiberdan, i. 49n
Baiburt (Paipurth), Castle of, i. 48n, 49n
Baidu Khan, i. 14n, ii. 475n; seizes
throne of Persia, 476; displaced and
killed by Ghazán, 476; alleged to be
a Christian, 476, 477n
Bailo, the title, i. 417; etymology of,
421n
Pakhshi (Bacsi), Lamas, i. 414, 445; their
enchantments, 301, 302, 314n-318n;
various meanings of the word, 314n
Bakhtyáris of Luristán, the, i. 87n
Baku, oil fields of, i. 46, 49n; Sea of
(Caspian), i. 59n
Balad-ul-Falfal (Malabar), ii. 377n
Baladi, ii. 381n
Balalátka, a two-stringed Tartar instru-
ment, i. 339n
Baldujariyak, devoted lieges, ii. 347n
Bala-Sagun, i. 232n
Balas rubies, i. 157, 161n, ii. 362n
Baldac, see Baghdad
Baldacchini (Baudekins), brocades made
at Baghdad, i. 63, 65n
Baldwin II. (de Courtenay), last Latin
Emperor of Constantinople, i. 2, 3n
Bali, Island of, ii. 287n
—— in Abyssinia, ii. 436n
Balios, i. 421n
Balish (a money of account), ii. 218n
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Balista, always a crossbow in mediæval
times, ii. 161n
Balkh (Balc), i. 151
Balkhash Lake, ii. 459n
Ballads, Genoese, on sea-fights at Ayas
and Curzola, 43 seqq.
Ballard, Mr., ii. 382n, 387n
Balor, Balaur, Bilaur, Malaur, Bolor,
i. 172, 178n-179n
Bálos, Malacca boats with two rudders,
i. 119n
Balsamodendron Mukul, ii. 397n
Balthazar, of the Magi, i. 78, 82n
Bálti, i. 160n, 178n
Balustrade, etymology of the word,
38
Bamboo (always called canes by Polo) its
multifarious uses, i. 299, 307n; Kúbláí's
Chandu Palace made of, 299, 306n;
great, on banks of Caramoran river,
ii. 220; explode loudly when burning,
42, 43, 46n; large in Tibet, 48n; ropes
of, 171, 174n; in Che kiang, 221n
Bamian, caves at, i. 156n; huge re-
cumbent image at, 221n
Bám-i-Duniah, "Roof of the World,"
i. 171, 174n
Bamm, i. 113n
Bandar Abbás (Bandar-Abbási), i. 86n,
89n, 106n, 122n
Bandith, i. 98, 100n, 151
Bangala, see Bengal
Banzaroff, Dorji, on Shamanism, i. 258n
Baptism, accompanied by branding, in
Abyssinia, ii. 427, 432n
Bara, ii. 305n
Barac (Borrak), Khan of Chagatai, i. 9,
10n, 103n; his war with Arghún, ii.
458n, 467
Baradaeus, Jacob, or James Zanzale,
Bishop of Edessa, i. 61n
Barbaro, Josafat, i. 49n, 53n, 100n, 426n,
427n
Barbarossa, Frederic, 36, i. 82n
Barberino, Francesco da, 36, 118, i.
117n
Bardá'at, saddle-cloths, i. 61n
Bardesir, i. 112n
Bardshír, Bardsir, Bard-i-Ardeshír, i.
92n
Bargu (Barguchin Tugrum, or Barguti),
plain, i. 269, 270n
Barguerlac, Syrrhaptes Pallasii, a kind of
sand grouse, i. 269, 272n; its migra-
tion into England, 273n
Barguzinsk, i. 270n
Barin, Mongol tribe, ii. 148n
Bark, money made from, 108, i. 423;
fine clothes from, ii. 124, 127n
Barka (Barcar), Khan, ruler of Kipchak,
i. 4, 5n, 103n, ii. 491; his war with
Hulákú, i. 4, ii. 494 seqq.
Barkul, i. 345n