The Travels of Marco Polo Volume II Part 137

Navapa (Lop?).

Naversa (ancient Anazarbus), in Cilicia, under Taurus.

Nayan, Kublai's kinsman, his revolt, Kublai marches against; routed in battle; put to death by Kublai.

earchus at Hormuz.

Nebila and Mangla islands.

Nebuchadnezzar.

Necklaces, precious.

Necuveran, _see_ Nicobar.

Negapatam, Chinese PaG.o.da at.

Negroes described.

Negropont.

Nellore.

Nemej, Niemicz ("Dumb"), applied to Germans by Slavs.

Nerghi, Plain of.

_Neri_ (pigs).

Nescradin, _see_ Nasruddin.

_Nesnas_ (a goblin).

Nestorian Christians, at Mosul, Tauris; Kashgar; Samarkand; Yarkand; Tangut; Kamul; Chingintalas; Sukchur; Kampichu, Kan-chau; their diffusion in Asia; among the Mongols; Erguiul and Sinju; Egrigaia; Tenduc; China; Yachi, or Yun-nan fu; Cacanfu; Yang-chau; one in Polo's suite; churches at Chinghianfu; church at Kinsay; at St. Thomas; Patriarch of; Metropolitan.

Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Nevergun Pa.s.s.

New Year Festival at Kublai's Court.

Neza Tash Pa.s.s.

Ngan-king (Nanghin).

Ngan-ning-ho River.

Ngantung, Mongol general.

Ngo-ning, or Ho-nhi.

Nia (ancient Ni-jang), in Khotan.

Nias Island.

Nibong Palm.

Nicaea of Alexander.

Nicholson, Edward B.

Nicobar (Necuveran) Islands, etymology and people.

Nicolas of Pistoia.

Nicolas, Christian name of Ahmad Sultan.

---- Friar, of Vicenza.

Nicolas IV., Pope.

Nieuhoff.

Nigudar (NoG.o.dar), Mongol princes.

Nigudarian bands.

Nilawar (Nellore).

Nile, sources of.

Nileshwaram.

_Nimchah Musulman_, "Half-and-Halfs".

Nine, auspicious number among Tartars.

Nine Provinces (India), (China).

Ning-hsia, or hia (Egrigaia).

Ningpo.

Ning-yuan fu.

Niriz, steel mines of.

Nirvana, figures of Buddha in.

Nishapur.

Niuche (Yuche), Chinese name for the Churches or race of Kin Empire.

Noah's Ark in Armenia.

n.o.bles of Venice, Polo's claim to be one.

Nochdarizari, mountains north of Kabul.

Nogai Khan, his intrigues and wars; his history; wars with Toctai.

NoG.o.dar (Nigudar), King of the Caraonas, story of.

Nomad tribes of Persia.

Nomogan (Numughan), Kublai's son.

None, _Nono, Nuna_, t.i.tle given to younger brothers or subordinate princes North, regions of the Far.

North Star, _see_ Pole-Star.

Note Book, Polo's.

Novgorod.

Nubia, St. Thomas, alleged use of elephants in.

Nukdaris, tribe west of Kabul.

Nuksan Pa.s.s.

Numbers, mystic or auspicious, Nine; one hundred and eight.

_Nuna, see_ None.

Nusi-Ibrahim.

Nutmegs.

Nyuche, or Churche, race of Kin Emperors, _see_ Niuche.

Oak of Hebron, _see_ Terebinth.

Oaracta (Kishm, or Brakht).

Obedience of Ismaelites, extraordinary.

Obi River.

Observatory at Peking.

Ocean Sea, other seas, parts of.

Ocoloro Island.

Odoric, Friar, on Kinsay; on Fu-chau; Zayton; Java; Champa; Sumatra; on sago tree; on products of Ceylon; St. Thomas's; Pepper Forest; brazil-wood; Thana.

Oger, the Dane.

Ogotai Khan, _see_ Okkodai.

Oil from the Holy Sepulchre, fountain of (Naphtha) at Baku; whale.

---- head (Capidoglio, or Sperm whale).

---- walnut and Sesame.

Oirad, or Uirad (Horiad), a great Tartar tribe.

Okkodai Khan, third son of Chinghiz.

Olak, Illuk, Aulak, _see_ Lac.

Old Man of the Mountain (Aloadin), his envoys to St. Lewis; account of; how he trained his a.s.sa.s.sins; the Syrian; his subordinate chiefs; his end; modern representative.

Oljatu Khan, his correspondence with European princes, his tomb.

Oman.

Omens, much regarded in Maabar, by the Brahmans.

Onan Kerule, near Baikal.

Ondanique (fine kind of steel), Andaine, Andanic.u.m, Hundwaniy, in Kerman; Chingintalas.

Oppert, Dr. Gustavus, Book on Prester John, _Der Presbyter Johannes in Sage und Geschichte_.

Orang Gugu.

Orang Malayu River.

_Or Batuz_.

Orbelian, John, identified by Bruun with Prester John.

Ordos, the Mongols of.