_see_ Baghdad.
_Baldacchini (Baudekins)_, brocades made at Baghdad.
Baldwin II. (de Courtenay), last Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
Bali, Island of.
---- in Abyssinia.
_Balios_.
_Balish_ (a money of account).
_Balista_, always a crossbow in mediaeval times.
Balkh (Balc).
Balkhash Lake.
Ballads, Genoese, on sea-fights at Ayas and Curzola.
Ballard, Mr..
Balor, Balaur, Bilaur, Malaur, Bolor.
_Balos_, Malacca boats with two rudders.
_Balsamodendron Mukul_.
Balthazar, of the Magi.
Balti.
_Balustrade_, etymology of the word.
Bamboo (always called canes by Polo),
its multifarious uses;
Kublai's Chandu Palace made of;
great, on banks of Caramoran river;
explode loudly when burning;
large in Tibet;
ropes of;
in Che kiang.
Bamian, caves at,
huge recumbent image at.
_Bam-i-Duniah_, "Roof of the World".
Bamm.
Bandar Abbas (Bandar-Abbasi).
Bandith.
Bangala, _see_ Bengal.
Banzaroff, Dorji, on Shamanism.
Baptism, accompanied by branding, in Abyssinia.
Bara.
Barac (Borrak), Khan of Chagatai,
his war with Arghun.
Baradaeus, Jacob, or James Zanzale, Bishop of Edessa.
Barbaro, Josafat.
Barbarossa, Frederic.
Barberino, Francesco da.
_Barda'at_, saddle-cloths.
Bardesir.
Bardshir, Bardsir, Bard-i-Ardeshir.
Bargu (Barguchin Tugrum, or Barguti), plain.
_Barguerlac, Syrrhaptes Pallasii_, a kind of sand grouse,
its migration into England.
Barguzinsk.
Barin, Mongol tribe.
Bark, money made from,
fine clothes from.
Barka (Barca), Khan, ruler of Kipchak,
his war with Hulaku.
Barkul.
_Barkut, burgut (bearcoote)_, eagle trained to the chase.
Barlaam and Josaphat, Story of Saints, from Legend of Buddha.
Barley, huskless.
Baroch.
_Baron-tala_, name applied by Mongols to Tibet.
Barons (Shieng or Sing), Kaan's twelve.
Barozzi, Nicolo.
Barros, John de,
geography of.
Barsauma (St. Barsamo).
Barskul (Barscol), "Leopard Lake".
Bartizan, Kublai's wooden.
Barus, Barros (Sumatra), its camphor.
_Barussae insulae_.
_Barygaza_.
Bashai (Pashai).
Bashkirds, (Hungarians).
Bashpah, Lama, and the Mongol character called after him.
Basma, _see_ Pasei.
_Basmuls_ (Guasmuls), half-breeds.
Basra (Bastra), noted for its date-groves.
Bathang.
Baths, natural hot, near Hormuz,
in Cathay;
public at Kinsay.
Batigala, Batticalla.
Batochina.
Bats, large, in India.
Battas of Sumatra, and cannibalism.
Batthala, Bettelar (Patlam in Ceylon).
Battles, Kublai _v._ Nayan,
Tartars _v._ king of Mien;
Caidu