The Travels of Marco Polo Volume II Part 130

Kasaidi Arabs.

_Kash_, jade.

Kashan.

Kashgar (Cascar), Chankans of.

_Kas.h.i.+sh (Ca.s.ses)_.

Kashmir (Kes.h.i.+mur), Buddhism; beauty of the women; conjurers; the language of; sorcery in.

Kashmiris.

Kasia, people and hills.

Kasyapa Buddha.

Kataghan, breed of horses.

Katar pirates.

Katif.

Kattiawar, pirates.

Kaulam, _see_ Coilum.

Kaulam-Male.

Kauli (Cauly), Corea.

Kaunchi (Conchi), Khan.

Kaveripattanam.

Kaveri River, delta of.

_Kavir_, saline swamp.

Kavvayi.

Kayal, Kail, _see_ Cail.

---- Pattanam.

---- Punnei.

Kayten.

Kazan.

Kazawinah.

Kazbek.

Kazvin (Casvin).

Keary, C.F.

_Kebteul_, night-watch.

Kehran.

Keiaz tribe.

Keibung (Kaipingfu).

Kelinfu (Kienning-fu), City, its bridges.

Kemenfu, _see_ Kaipingfu.

Kenjanfu (Si-ngan fu).

Keraits, a great Tartar tribe.

Kerala.

Keria, _see_ Kiria.

Keriza River.

Kerman, route to Hormus from; steel manufacture, its industries; king of, Atabeg of; st.i.tched vessels of; desert of.

Kerulen (K'i-lien) valley, the Khans' burial-ground.

Kes.h.i.+can (Kes.h.i.+kten), Kublai's life-guard.

Kesmacoran (Kij Makran), Kij-Makran.

Keuyung Kwan, village.

Khakan, the word.

Khalif (Calif) Mosta'Sim Billah of Baghdad, taken by Hulaku and starved to death; plot _v._ the Christians laid by a former--the miracle of the mountain; becomes secretly a Christian.

_Khalij_.

_Kham_, stuff made with cotton thread.

Khambavati (Cambay).

Khanabad (Dogana?).

Khan Badshah of Khotan.

Khanbalik, _see_ Cambaluc.

Khanfu.

Khanikoff, N. de (travels in Persia).

_Khanjar-i-Hundwan_, hanger of Indian steel.

_Khan-khanan_, a t.i.tle.

Khanoolla (Mount Royal), site of Chinghiz's tomb.

Khansa.

Kharesem, Mount.

Khato-tribe.

Khatun-gol, or "Lady's River," i.e. Hw.a.n.g-ho.

_Khatun_ t.i.tle of Khan's wives.

Khavailu (Hwo-lu h'ien).

Khazars, the.

Khilak.

Khimka.

Khinsa, Khingsai, Khinzai. (_See_ Kinsay.).

Khitan, Khitai.

---- character.

---- dynasty of Liao.

Khmer.

Khodabanda, Ilkhan of Kerman.

Khojas, name of modern Ismailite sect.

Khorasan, province, turquoises of.

Khormuzda, supreme deity of the Tartars.

Khotan (Cotan), fruits; routes between China and; buried cities of; its jade.

Khumbavati (Cambay).

Khumdan.

Khusru, Amir, Indian poet.

Khutuktai Setzen, Prince of the Ordos.

Khwarizm.

Kiacatu, _see_ Kaikhatu.

Kiahing (Ciangan, Canigan).

Kiai- or Hiai-chau (Caichu).

Kiakhta.

Kia-k'ing, Emperor.

Kiang, the Great (Kian and Kian-Suy, and in its highest course Brius, the Kinsha Kiang), its vastness, and numerous craft; steamers on; its former debouchure to the south, and changes.

Kiang-Che, limits of.

Kiang-Hung, Xieng-Hung.

Kiangka.

Kiang-mai, Xieng-mai, Zimme.

Kiangshan.

Kiangsi.

Kiang-su.

Kiang-suy (-shui) River.

Kiangtheu.

Kiang-Tung.

Kiao-chi (Tungking), Chinese etymology of.