Horoscopes, in China,
in Maabar.
Horse-posts and Post-houses.
Horses, Turkish,
Persian;
of Badakhshan, strain of Bucephalus;
sacrificed at Kaans’ tombs;
Tartar;
and white mares;
presented to Kaan on New Year’s Day;
of Carajan;
their tails docked;
of Anin;
tracking by;
decorated with Yaks’ tails;
now bred in S. India.
—— great trade and prices in importing to India from Persia,
modes of shipment;
from Carajan;
from Anin;
from Kis, Hormuz, Dofar, Soer, and Aden;
Esher;
Dofar;
Calatu.
—— duty on,
captured by pirates;
their extraordinary treatment and diet in India.
Horse-stealing, Tartar laws.
Hosie, A.,
on Ch’eng-tu;
brine-wells of Pai-yen-ching;
on the Si-fan;
on Caindu Lake.
Hospitals, Buddhist.
Hostelries, at Cambaluc,
on the Cathay post-roads;
at Kinsay.
Hot springs in Armenia,
near Hormuz.
Hounds, Masters of Kaan’s.
Hours, struck from Cambaluc bell-tower,
at Kinsay;
unlucky;
canonical.
Hsi Hsia dynasty.
Hsiang-chen, Hsiang, wood.
Hu-chau fu (Vuju).
Hui-hui, white and black capped, two Mohammedan sects.
Hukaji (Hogachi, Cogachin), Kublai’s son.
Hukwan-hien.
Hulaku Khan (Alau, Alacan), Kublai’s brother, and founder of Mongol
dynasty in Persia,
war with Barka Khan;
takes Baghdad and puts Khalif to death;
the Ismailites and the Old Man.
—— his treachery,
his descendants;
battle with Barca;
his followers.
Hullukluk, village, near Sivas.
Human fat, used for combustion in war.
—— sacrifices.
Humayun, Emperor.
Humboldt.
Hunawar (Onore, Hinaur).
Hundred Eyes, prophecy of the.
Hundwaniy (ondanique), Indian steel.
Hungary, Hungarians.
Hung Hao, Chinese author.
Hun-ho (Sanghin River).
Hunting equipment and Expedition, Kublai’s,
Kang-hi’s.
—— preserves. (See also Sport.).
Hutton, Captain.
Hwa-chau.
Hwai-lu, or Hwo-lu-h’ien (Khavailu), the Birmingham of N. Shansi.
Hwai-ngan-fu (Coiganju).
Hwai River.
Hwang-ho (Yellow River),
changes in its courses;
its embankments.
Hwan-ho.
Hyena.
Hyrcania, king of.
in Maabar.
Horse-posts and Post-houses.
Horses, Turkish,
Persian;
of Badakhshan, strain of Bucephalus;
sacrificed at Kaans’ tombs;
Tartar;
and white mares;
presented to Kaan on New Year’s Day;
of Carajan;
their tails docked;
of Anin;
tracking by;
decorated with Yaks’ tails;
now bred in S. India.
—— great trade and prices in importing to India from Persia,
modes of shipment;
from Carajan;
from Anin;
from Kis, Hormuz, Dofar, Soer, and Aden;
Esher;
Dofar;
Calatu.
—— duty on,
captured by pirates;
their extraordinary treatment and diet in India.
Horse-stealing, Tartar laws.
Hosie, A.,
on Ch’eng-tu;
brine-wells of Pai-yen-ching;
on the Si-fan;
on Caindu Lake.
Hospitals, Buddhist.
Hostelries, at Cambaluc,
on the Cathay post-roads;
at Kinsay.
Hot springs in Armenia,
near Hormuz.
Hounds, Masters of Kaan’s.
Hours, struck from Cambaluc bell-tower,
at Kinsay;
unlucky;
canonical.
Hsi Hsia dynasty.
Hsiang-chen, Hsiang, wood.
Hu-chau fu (Vuju).
Hui-hui, white and black capped, two Mohammedan sects.
Hukaji (Hogachi, Cogachin), Kublai’s son.
Hukwan-hien.
Hulaku Khan (Alau, Alacan), Kublai’s brother, and founder of Mongol
dynasty in Persia,
war with Barka Khan;
takes Baghdad and puts Khalif to death;
the Ismailites and the Old Man.
—— his treachery,
his descendants;
battle with Barca;
his followers.
Hullukluk, village, near Sivas.
Human fat, used for combustion in war.
—— sacrifices.
Humayun, Emperor.
Humboldt.
Hunawar (Onore, Hinaur).
Hundred Eyes, prophecy of the.
Hundwaniy (ondanique), Indian steel.
Hungary, Hungarians.
Hung Hao, Chinese author.
Hun-ho (Sanghin River).
Hunting equipment and Expedition, Kublai’s,
Kang-hi’s.
—— preserves. (See also Sport.).
Hutton, Captain.
Hwa-chau.
Hwai-lu, or Hwo-lu-h’ien (Khavailu), the Birmingham of N. Shansi.
Hwai-ngan-fu (Coiganju).
Hwai River.
Hwang-ho (Yellow River),
changes in its courses;
its embankments.
Hwan-ho.
Hyena.
Hyrcania, king of.
Iabadiu.
Ibn-al-Furat.
Ibn Batuta (Moorish traveller, circa A.D. 1330-1350),
his account of Chinese juggling;
his account of Khansa (Kinsay);
of Zayton;
in Sumatra;
on Camphor;
in Ceylon;
at Kaulam;
in Malabar;
sees Rukh;
his account of Maldives;
dog-sledges;
Market in Land of Darkness;
on Silver Mines of Russia.
Ibn Fozlan, see Fozlan.
Ichin-hien.
Ichthyophagous cattle and people.
Icon Amlac, king of Abyssinia.
Iconium (Kuniyah, Conia).
Idolatry (Buddhism) and Idolaters,