ing oxen.
Kobad, the Sassanian.
Kobdo.
Koh-Banan (Cobinan).
Koja (Coja), a Tartar envoy from Persia.
Kokcha River.
_Kok-Tash_, greenstone of Samarkand.
Kolastri, or Kolatiri Rajas.
Ko-li-ki-sze.
Kolkhoi of Ptolemy, identified.
Kollam, _see_ Coilum.
Koloman, _see_ Coloman.
Kolyma, bird-hunting at.
[Greek: Komakon].
Komar.
[Greek: Komaria akron].
Konar tree, Marco Polo's apples of Paradise.
Kondachi.
Konkan, Konkan-Tana.
_Korano_, epithet on Indo-Scythic coins.
_Korea, History of_.
Koresh king.
_Kornish_, or K'o-tow (Khen-theu).
Kosakio, a general against Japan.
Kosseir.
Kotcheres, Kurds of Mosul.
Kotlogh, or Kutlugh, Sultan of Kerman.
Kotlogh Shah, the Chaghataian prince.
Kotrobah Island.
Kouyunjik, sculptures at.
Kozlov, Lieutenant K.P., on the Lob-nor.
Kuang-chou.
Kubenan (Cobinan), a Kuh-banan "Hill of the Terebinths or Wild Pistachios".
Kublai (Cublay), Kaan, the Great Khan,
his envoys meet the two elder Polos;
receives and questions the Polos;
sends them as envoys to the Pope;
his desire for Christian teachers, and for oil from the lamp in the
Holy Sepulchre;
gives them a Golden Tablet;
his reception of the three Polos;
sends Marco on an embassy;
Marco grows in favour;
allows the Polos to depart with Tablets of Authority;
rumour of his death;
sends a napkin of asbestos to the Pope;
his greatness and power;
his milk libations;
his inscription at Shangtu;
Chinghiz's prophecy;
his lineage, age, and accession;
Nayan's revolt;
Nayan's defeat and death;
rebukes anti-Christian gibes;
returns to Cambaluc;
treats four religions with equal respect;
his views on Christianity;
how he rewards his captains;
his personal appearance;
his wives and ladies-in-waiting;
his palace at Cambaluc;
builds Cambaluc city;
his bodyguard;
order of his feasts;
celebration of his birthday;
his distribution of robes;
his New Year's feast;
his elephants;
the _K'o-tow_;
adopts Chinese ancestor-worship;
his game laws;
his hunting establishment;
his masters of hounds;
how he goes a-hunting;
how his year is spent;
Ahmad's influence, oppression, and death;
his treatment of Mahomedans;
his mint and paper-money;
his purchase of valuables;
his twelve great Barons;
his posts and runners;
remission of taxes;
his justice;
a tree planter;
his store of corn;
charity to the poor;
his astrologers;
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