The Travels of Marco Polo Volume II Part 115

Babylonish garments.

_Baccadeo_, indigo.

Baccanor.

Bacon, Roger, as geographer.

Bacsi, _see_ Bakhs.h.i.+.

Bactria, its relation to Greece.

Bacu, Sea of (Caspian).

Badakhshan (Badashan), its population; capitals of; Mirs of; legend of Alexandrian pedigree of its kings; depopulation of; scenery; dialects; forms of the name; great river of (Upper Oxus).

Badaun.

Badger, Rev. Dr. G.P.

Badghis.

_Badgir_, Wind-catchers.

Badruddin Lu-lu, last Atabeg of Mosul.

_Bafk_ (Baft).

Baghdad (Baudas), Baldac, taken by Alau, Hulaku, its Khalif; the miracle of the mountain.

---- Archbishop of.

---- its indigo (_baccadeo_).

Bagratidae, of Armenia, of Georgia.

Bagration-Mukransky, Prince.

Bahar.

Baharak, plain.

Baha-uddin Ayaz, Wazir of Kalhaat.

Baha-ul-hakh, the Saint of Multan.

Bahramabad.

Bahranjird Village.

Bahrein.

Baiberdon.

Baiburt (Paipurth), Castle of.

Baidu Khan, seizes throne of Persia; displaced and killed by Ghazan; alleged to be a Christian.

Bailo, the t.i.tle, etymology of.

Bakhs.h.i.+ (Bacsi), Lamas, their enchantments; various meanings of the word.

Bakhtyaris of Luristan, the.

Baku, oil fields of, Sea of (Caspian).

_Balad-ul-Falfal_ (Malabar).

_Baladi_.

_Balalaika_, a two-stringed Tartar instrument.

_Balanjariyah, devoted lieges_.

Bala-Sagun.

Balas rubies.

Baldac, _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.

_Bal.u.s.trade_, 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 rec.u.mbent 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.

Bards.h.i.+r, Bardsir, Bard-i-Ardes.h.i.+r.

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 (s.h.i.+eng 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.