Mediæval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources: Fragments Towards the Knowledge of the Geography and History of Central and Western Asia from the 13th to the 17th Century, Volume 2

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K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1910 - 20 páginas
 

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Página 126 - This latter name may be intended for Hormuz. I do not think that by the Noyen Bulo M. Polo could be meant, for the title noyen would hardly have been applied to him. But...
Página 80 - They form at this day the greatest and noblest nation in the world, the fairest and bravest of men. It is by their aid that the Tartars have won the empire of the east, and without them they have never gained a single important victory. For Chinguis Caan, the first king of the Tartars, had seventy-two of their princes serving under him when he went forth under God's providence to scourge the world.
Página 105 - Haloon commanded a certain captain of his that he should take 10,000 Tartars who had been left in garrison in Persia, and with them lay siege to the said castle, and not leave it till he had taken it. Wherefore the said Tartars continued besieging it for seven whole years, winter and summer, without being able to take it. At last the Assassins surrendered, from sheer want of clothing, but not of victuals or other necessaries.
Página 3 - C%a&cw,79a joined with Dua in making submission to Timur, -the successor of Kubilai ; but before long the two former princes having quarrelled, Dua seized the territory of Chabar, and thus substantially reunited the whole of the original appanage of Chagatai, as it had been before the schism of Kaidu (Yule's " Cathay,
Página 17 - T'u-fan. In the Annals, sa 1251, we read : " Mangu Khan entrusted Ho-li-dan with the command of the troops against T'u-fan." Sub anno 1254 it is stated that Kubilai (who at that time was still the heir-apparent), after subduing the tribes of Yiin nan, entered T'u-fan, when So-ho-to, the ruler of the country
Página 116 - I may, however, observe that in the narrative of Ch'ang Ch'un's travels to the west in 1 22 1, it is stated that in Samarkand the men of the lower classes and the priests wrap their heads about with a piece of white mo-sze (see i. 89). There can be no doubt that mo-sze here denotes
Página 30 - ... were so dead tired that they were like to drop, and the wounded, who were many on both sides, were moaning in their various degrees of pain ; but all were more fit for rest than fighting, so gladly they took their repose that night. And when morning approached, King Caidu, who had news from his scouts that the Great Kaan was sending a great army to reinforce his son, judged that it was time to be off; so he called his host to saddle and mounted his horse at dawn, and away they set on their return...
Página 25 - In the Yuan shi the same place is noticed several times under its different names. In the Annals, sa 1286, it is recorded that Kubilai ordered cattle and corn to be given to the people of Ho-la-huo-djo and Ho-mi-li (Hami), who suffered from dearth. Karakhodjo is further mentioned, chap, cxxviii, in the biography of A-shu, who was a grandson of the famous Subutai. A-shu had been sent in 1286 against a rebellious prince, and died in Ha-la-ho-djou. The city of Karakhodjo still exists, 40 versts south-east...
Página 112 - I shall give here an abstract." (He then proceeds to give an abstract, of which the following is a part :) " The famous Dagh bary (mountain wall) now begins at the village of Djelgan, 4 versts south-west of Derbend, but we know that as late as the beginning of the last century it could be traced down to the southern gate of the city. This ancient wall then stretches westward to the high mountains of Tabasseran (it seems the Tabarestan of...
Página 41 - So-ku of the Han period. M. Polo states with respect to the kingdom of Cascar (i 189) that it was subject to the Great Kaan, and says the same regarding Cotan (i. 196), whilst Yarken (i. 195), according to M. Polo, belonged to Kaidu. This does not agree with Rashid's statements about the boundary between Kaidu's territory and the khan's.

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