Arab geography.
——­ colonies in Madagascar.
——­ horses, early literary recognition of.
  trade in, see Horses.
——­ merchants, in Southern India.
——­ Seamen’s Traditions about Java. 
Arabi (Arabs). 
Arabia. 
Arabic character.
Arachosia,_arachoti_.
Araines. 
Arakan. 
Aram (Haram), Place of the. 
Ararat, Mount,
  ascents of. 
Arblasts, crossbows. 
Arbre Sol, or Arbre Sec, Region of the (Khorasan),
  tree described—­Chinar or Oriental plane;
  various readings;
  Arbre seul, a wrong reading;
  Tree of the Sun legend;
  Christian legend of the Dry Tree;
  engrafted on legends of Alexander;
  Trees of Grace in Persia;
  Dry Trees in Mahomedan legend;
  in Rabbinical and Buddhist stories, and legends of the Wood of the
    Cross;
  Polo’s Arbre Sec to be sought near Damghan;
  Sabaean apologue;
  clue to the term Arbre Sec. 
Arcali, Arculin, see Erculin. 
Architectural remains in Indo-China. 
Ardeshir Babekan, first Sassanian king. 
Ardeshir, last sovereign of Shabankara. 
Areca.
Areng Saccharifera. 
Arezzo. 
Argaeus, Mount. 
Argali. 
Arghun, Khan of Persia (Polo’s Argon, Lord of the Levant),
  sends an embassy to Kublai for a wife;
  is dead when she arrives;
  his unhappy use of the elixir vitae;
  advances against his uncle Ahmad;
  harangues his chiefs;
  sends Ahmad a remonstrance;
  is taken prisoner;
  released by certain chiefs;
  obtains sovereignty;
  his death;
  his beauty. 
Argons (Arghun), half-breeds. 
Arii, Ariana. 
Arikbuga, Kublai’s brother. 
Arimaspia. 
Arimaspian gold. 
Ariora-Keshimur,
  meaning of Ariora. 
Ariosto. 
Aripo. 
Aristotle. 
Arjish (Arzizi). 
Arkasun Noian.
Arkhaiun, applied to Oriental Christians or their Clergy. 
Armenia, Greater. 
Armenia (Hermenia), Lesser or Cilician. 
Armenian Christians. 
Armenians. 
Armillary Zodiacal Sphere. 
Armour of boiled leather, see Cuirbouly. 
Arms of Kerman,
  of the Tartars. 
Arredon River. 
Arrow Divination. 
Arrows, Tartar. 
Artacki. 
Arts, the Seven. 
Aru, Cumaha. 
Arucki. 
Aruk. 
Arulun Tsaghan Balghasun (Chagan-Nor). 
Arya Chakravarti. 
Aryavartta, the Holy Lands of Indian Buddhism. 
Arzinga (Erzingan). 
Arziron (Erzrum). 
Arzizi (Arjish). 
Asbestos, and the Salamander. 
Asceticism of the Sensin,
  of the Jogis. 
Asedin Soldan (Ghaiassuddin Balban, Sultan of Delhi). 
Ashar (Asciar), king of Cail. 
Ashishin, see Assassins. 
Ashod, founder of the Bagratid dynasty. 
Ashurada. 
Asikan, Mongol general. 
Asoka.
Asper, or akche about a groat. 
Assai River. 
Assassins (Ashishin, Hashishin), Ismailites,