The Travels of Marco Polo Volume II Part 141

Ras Haili.

---- k.u.mhari.

Ras.h.i.+duddin, _alias_ Fazl-ulla Ras.h.i.+d, Persian statesman and historian of the Mongols, frequently quoted in the Notes.

Ravenala tree (_Urania speciosa_).

Raw meat eaten.

Rawlinson, Sir H.

Reclus, _Asie russe_, on Caspian Sea fisheries.

Red gold and red Tangas.

_Re Dor_.

Red Sea, trade from India to Egypt by, described in some texts as a river; possible origin of mistake.

Red sect of Lamas.

Refraction, abnormal.

_Reg Ruwan_, of Kabul.

---- of Seistan.

Reindeer ridden.

Religion, indifference of Chinghizide Princes to, occasional power of among Chinese.

Remission of taxation by Kublai Rennell, Major James.

Reobarles (Rudbar, etc.).

Revenue of Kinsay.

Rhinoceros (Unicorn), in Sumatra, habits; four Asiatic species.

---- _Tichorinus_.

Rhins, Dutreuil de.

Rhubarb, _Rheum palmatum_.

Riant, Comte.

Ricci, Matteo.

Rice.

Rice-wine, at Yachi.

---- trade on Grand Ca.n.a.l.

Richard II.

Richthofen, Baron F. von, on Fungul; on Tanpiju.

Right and Left, ministers of the.

Rio Marabia.

_Ris.h.i.+s_ (Eremites) of Kashmir.

"River of China".

Roads radiating from Cambaluc.

Robbers in Persia.

Robbers' River.

Robes distributed by Kublai.

Roborovsky, Lieutenant.

Rochefort, "faire la couvade".

Rockets.

Rockhill (_Rubruck_ and _Diary of a Journey_), on the t.i.tles Khan, Khatun, etc.; on horn horse-shoes; earliest mention of name Mongol in Oriental works; Mongol storm-dispellers; charge of cannibalism against Tibetans; on Bonbo Lamas; Tablets (_hu_); mechanical contrivances at E. Court; Mongol etiquette; Chinese leather-money; Mongol post-stations; pocket-spittoons; from Peking to Si-ngan fu; descent of Yellow River; road between T'ung-kwan and Si-ngan fu; two famous Uigur Nestorians; on the word Salar; on the Hui-hui sects; on the Alan; on branch of Volga Bulgars.

Rofia palm (_sagus ruffia_).

_Roiaus dereusse_ (?).

Rome, the Sudarium at.

_Rondes_, ingenious but futile explanation of.

_Rook_, in Chess.

Rori-Bakkar, Sepoy name for Upper Sind.

Rosaries, Hindu.

Rostof and Susdal, Andrew, Grand Duke of.

Roth, H. Ling, on _couvade_.

Rouble.

Roxana, daughter of Darius, wife of Alexander.

Roze de l'Acur.

Rubies, Balas, of Ceylon; of Adam's Peak.

Rubruquis, or Rubruc, Friar William de.

Ruby mines in Badakhshan.

Ruc (Rukh), or Gryphon, bird called, described, its feathers and quills; wide diffusion and various forms of fable; eggs of the Aepyornis; Fra Mauro's story; genus of that bird, condor; discovery of bones of _Harpagornis_ in New Zealand; Sindbad, Rabbi Benjamin, romance of Duke Ernest; Ibn Batuta's sight of Ruc; rook in chess; various notices of.

Rudbar-i-La.s.s, Robbers' River.

---- (Reobarles), district and River.

Rudder, single, noted by Polo as peculiar, double, used in Mediterranean.

Rudkhanah-i-Duzdi (Robbers' River).

Rudkhanah-i-Shor (Salt River).

Rudra Deva, King of Telingana.

Rudrama Devi, Queen of Telingana.

Rukh, Shah.

Rukhnuddin, Mahmud, Prince of Hormuz.

---- Masa'ud.

---- Khurshah, son of Alaodin, Prince of the Ismaelites.

Rum.

Runiz.

Ruomedam-Ahomet, King of Hormuz.

Rupen, Bagratid, founder of Armenian State in Cilicia.

Rupert, Prince.

Ruppell's Table of Abyssinian kings.

Russia (Rosia), annexes Georgia, great cold, Arab accounts of; silver mines; subject to Tartars; conquered by Batu.

---- leather, clothes of.

Russians, trusty lieges of king.

Rustak.

Rusticiano of Pisa, introduces himself in prologue; writes down Polo's book; extracts and character of his compilation; his real name; his other writings.

Ruysch's map.

Saadi.

Saba (Sava, Savah), city of the Magi.

Sabaste, _see_ Sivas.

Sable, its costliness.

Sabreddin.

Sabzawur.

Sachiu (Sha-chau).

Sacrifices of people of Tangut.

---- human.

_Sadd-i-Iskandar_, rampart of Alexander.

Saffron, fruit-serving purposes of.

Sagacity of sledge-dogs.

Sagamon Borcan, _see_ Sakyamuni Buddha.

Sagatu, general of Kublai's.

Saggio (1/6 oz.).

Sago.

Saianfu, _see_ Siang-yang-fu.

Saif Arad, king of Abyssinia.