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" ,..., " "'"'« er~Tc.ws e;r mer"!ir ~;~ 'Ef.~;r ~\¥~ =;:rr r~:{.i!f~~:r ~ml(ar,;q-r ~rrt tr~'{Ul Cfi~u~n~r If;§fc;r ifi~r ari';:. s;u~j8rc.ws o:§~Jq-rtf, ifi"@JWJ((r~, Pn;:r;r, «~'lr~r~iifi e,if( 1 '.I:;ff- 1Hlli1r'iJ IJ[J11Ti:f~ ~~ ~{;J ~T(r~~« 'if{Sfil~ f~~ ~Tif{i>5 ~T ~~~T'iJf 111 :atr~rfr a:ri(. · ~'lf~~1=ifr 0'lrt §'ifiifi q ifasq{, iifi~wr ~~ifr11~~ sr!fj~ fJJfttr ire~ ~H~iifi &r"r. ~. ~r. tfir"ijrrt~iifi~ ~Jt. ~. ~i:;:rr Jfr an+rr~r ari{. , ~n:qsr~rut efi'l-liJJtfr~ ifi~~ !f:rer ~~~atr:f ~u~ials ?J~u1raJ a:rrtar · The Book of Ser Marco Polo The Venetian CONCERNING THE KINGDOMS AND MARVELS OF THE EAST EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE B. PARKS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK MCMXXVII COPYJUG!IT, 1927. BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published May,1927. IIB1.' 171' AJII'D :ELJ!CTKOTY.U BY "r. llO:U.Y A 1011 J'UliTBD Ill TBB VliiTBD S'l'ATBS OP AllBUCA BY STL\TFOU PUSS. lliC. CONTENTS PAGE EDIToR's INTRODUCTION • XIX PROLOGUE PRELIMINARY ADDRESS OF RusTICIANO OF PisA 1 CHAP. I.-How THE Two BROTHERS PoLo SET FORTH FROM CoNsTANTINOPLE To TRAVERSE THE woRLD. 3 11.-How THE Two BROTHERS WENT oN BEYOND SoLDAIA 3 III.-How THE Two BRoTHERs, AFTER CROSSING A DEs- ERT, CAME To THE CITY OF BoKHARA, AND FELL IN WITH CERTAIN ENVOYS THERE 4 IV.-How THE Two BRoTHERS TOOK THE ENvoys' couN- SEL, AND WENT To THE CouRT oF THE GREAT KHAN 5 V.-How THE Two BROTHERS ARRIVED AT THE CouRT OF THE GREAT KHAN. 5 VI.-How THE GREAT KHAN ASKED ALL ABOUT THE MAN- NERs OF THE CHRISTIANS, AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE PoPE oF RoME • 6 VII.-How THE GREAT KHAN SENT THE Two BROTHERS AS HIS ENvoys TO THE PoPE 6 VIII.-How THE GREAT KHAN GAVE THEM A TABLET OF GoLD, BEARING HIS ORDERS IN THEIR BEHALF 7 IX.-How THE Two BROTHERS CAME To THE CITY OF k~. 8 X.-How THE Two BRoTHERS AGAIN DEPARTED FROM VENICE, ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE GREAT KHAN, AND TOOK WITH THEM MARK, THE SoN OF MESSER NICOLO • 9 XI.-How THE Two BRoTHERs SET OUT FROM AcRE, AND MARK ALONG WITH THEM. 10 v Vl Contents CHAP. PAGE XII.-How THE Two BROTHERS PRESENTED THEM- SELVEs BEFORE THE NEW PoPE IO XIII.-How MEsSER NicoLO AND MEssER MAFFEO PoLo, AccoMPANIED BY MARK, TRAVELLED TO THE CouRT OF THE GREAT KHAN • I I XIV.-How MEsSER NicoLo AND MEsSER MAFFEO PoLo AND MARco PRESENTED THEMSELVES BEFORE THE GREAT KHAN I2 XV.-How THE EMPEROR SENT MARK ON AN EMBASSY OF HIS 13 XVI.-How MARK RETURNED FROM THE MissioN WHEREON HE HAD BEEN SENT • 13 XVII.-How MEssER NicoLo, MEsSER MAFFEO, AND MESSER MARCO ASKED LEAVE OF THE GREAT KHAN TO GO THEIR WAY • IS XVIII.-How THE Two BRoTHERs AND MESSER MARco TOOK LEAVE OF THE GREAT KHAN, AND RE- TURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY 16 BOOK FIRST ACCOUNT OF REGIONS VISITED OR HEARD OF ON THE JOURNEY FROM THE LESSER ARMENIA TO THE COURT OF THE GREAT KHAN AT SHANGTU CHAP. PAGE I.-HERE THE BooK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER ARMENIA 23 II.-CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA 24 III.-DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER ARMENIA 24. IV.-OF GEORGIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF 26 V.-OF THE KINGDOM oF MosuL 27 Vl.-0F THE GREAT CITY OF BAGDAD, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN 28 VII.-How THE CALIF OF BAGDAD TOOK couNSEL To SLAY ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN HIS LAND • 30 Contents vii CHAP. PAGE VIII.-How THE CHRISTIANS WERE IN GREAT DISMAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CALIF HAD SAID 3 I IX.-How THE ONE-EYED CoBBLER WAS DESIRED To PRAY FOR THE CHRISTIANS 32 X.-How THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED CoBBLER CAUSED THE MouNTAIN TO MOVE • 33 XL-OF THE NoBLE CITY oF TAURIS 34 XII.--OF THE MoNASTERY OF SAINT BARSAUMA oN THE BoRDERs oF TAURis • 35 XIII.--OF THE GREAT CouNTRY oF PERSIA; wiTH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS • 36 XIV.-WHAT BEFELL WHEN THE THREE KINGS RE- TURNED TO THEIR OWN CoUNTRY 37 XV.--OF THE EIGHT KINGDOMS OF PERSIA, AND HOW THEY ARE NAMED 38 XVI.-CoNCERNING THE GREAT CITY oF YEzD • 40 XVII.-CoNCERNING THE KINGDOM oF KIRMAN • 40 XVIII.--OF THE CITY oF KAMADIN AND ITs RuiNs; ALso TOUCHING THE KARAUNAH RoBBERS • 41 XIX.--OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF 0RMUZ 44 XX.--OF THE WEARISOME AND DESERT RoAD THAT HAS NOW TO BE TRAVELLED. 47 XXI.-CoNCERNING THE CITY oF KuBENAN AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE THERE 48 XXII.--OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS' jOURNEY. 49 XXIII.-CoNCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MouN- TAIN • 50 XXIV.-How THE OLD MAN usED To TRAIN HIS AssAs- SINS 51 XXV.-How THE OLD MAN CAME BY His END • 52 XXVI.-CoNCERNING THE CITY oF SHIBRGAN 53 XXVII.--OF THE CITY OF BALKH • 53 XXVIII.--OF TAICAN, AND THE MouNTAINS oF SALT. ALso OF THE PRoviNCE OF KisHM 54 XXIX.--OF THE PROVINCE OF BADAKSHAN • 55 VIII Contents CHAP. PAGE XXX.-OF THE PROVINCE OF PASHAI 58 XXXL-OF THE PROVINCE OF KAsHMIR s8 XXXII.-OF THE GREAT RIVER OF BADAKSHAN 6o XXXIIL-OF THE KINGDOM OF KAsHGAR 61 XXXIV.-OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARKAND 6z XXXV.-OF THE PROVINCE OF YARKAND 63 XXXVL-OF A PROVINCE CALLED KHOTAN • 64 XXXVII.-OF THE PROVINCE OF PEM 64 XXXVIII.-OF THE PRoviNcE oF CHERCHEN • 65 XXXIX.-OF THE CITY oF LoP AND THE GREAT DEsERT 65 XL.-CONCERNING THE GREAT PROVINCE OF TANGUT 67 XLI.-OF THE PROVINCE OF KHAMIL 6<) XLII.-OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS • 70 XLIII.-OF THE PRoVINCE oF Su-cHAU 7z XLIV.-OF THE CITY OF KAN-cHU • 7Z XLV.-OF THE CITY oF ErziNA 74 XLVI.-OF THE CITY OF KARAKORUM 74 XLVII.-OF jENGIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KHAN OF THE TARTARS 75 XLVIII.-How J EN GIS MUSTERED HIS PEoPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER jOHN 77 XLIX.-How PRESTER joHN MARCHED TO MEET jENGIS • 78 L.-THE BATTLE BETWEEN }ENGIS KHAN AND PRESTER joHN • 79 11.-0F THOSE WHO DID REIGN AFTER J ENGIS KHAN, AND oF THE CusToMs OF THE TARTARS 79 111.-CoNCERNING THE CusToMs oF THE TARTARS So 1111.-CoNCERNING THE Goo OF THE TARTARS Sz LIV.-CoNCERNING THE TARTAR CusTOMs oF WAR 83 1V.-CoNCERNING THE ADMINISTERING OF JusTICE AMONG THE TARTARS • 86 1VI.-SuNDRY PARTICULARS OF THE PLAIN BEYOND KARAKORUM 87 · Contents ix CHAP.