notices by various writers of;
  wealth of;
  ships. 
Kin-sha Kiang, “River of Golden Sands” (upper branch of Great Kiang,
    Brius). 
Kinshan, see Golden Island. 
Kinto, or Hintu, Mongol general. 
Kipchak (Ponent), Southern Russia,
  events related by Polo in;
  sovereigns;
  people of;
  extent of empire. 
Kirghiz Kazak. 
Kirghiz, the. 
Kiria. 
Kirk, Sir John, and Raphia palm. 
Kis, Kish, or Kais (Kisi), now Ghes, or Kem, island in Persian Gulf,
  merchants;
  described. 
Kishik, Kishikan, Kizik, Keshikchi, see Keshican. 
Kishm (Casem).
——­ or Brakht (Oaracta), island in the Persian Gulf. 
Kistna River. 
Kitubuka, General. 
Kiu-chau. 
Kiulan (Quilon), see Coilum. 
Kizil Irmak, the. 
Kizil River. 
Kneeling oxen. 
Kobad, the Sassanian. 
Kobdo. 
Koh-Banan (Cobinan). 
Koja (Coja), a Tartar envoy from Persia. 
Kokcha River.
Kok-Tash, greenstone of Samarkand. 
Kolastri, or Kolatiri Rajas. 
Ko-li-ki-sze. 
Kolkhoi of Ptolemy, identified. 
Kollam, see Coilum. 
Koloman, see Coloman. 
Kolyma, bird-hunting at.
[Greek:  Komakon]. 
Komar.
[Greek:  Komaria akron]. 
Konar tree, Marco Polo’s apples of Paradise. 
Kondachi. 
Konkan, Konkan-Tana.
Korano, epithet on Indo-Scythic coins.
Korea, History of. 
Koresh king.
Kornish, or K’o-tow (Khen-theu). 
Kosakio, a general against Japan. 
Kosseir. 
Kotcheres, Kurds of Mosul. 
Kotlogh, or Kutlugh, Sultan of Kerman. 
Kotlogh Shah, the Chaghataian prince. 
Kotrobah Island. 
Kouyunjik, sculptures at. 
Kozlov, Lieutenant K.P., on the Lob-nor. 
Kuang-chou. 
Kubenan (Cobinan), a Kuh-banan “Hill of the Terebinths or Wild Pistachios”. 
Kublai (Cublay), Kaan, the Great Khan,
  his envoys meet the two elder Polos;
  receives and questions the Polos;
  sends them as envoys to the Pope;
  his desire for Christian teachers, and for oil from the lamp in the
  Holy Sepulchre;
  gives them a Golden Tablet;
  his reception of the three Polos;
  sends Marco on an embassy;
  Marco grows in favour;
  allows the Polos to depart with Tablets of Authority;
  rumour of his death;
  sends a napkin of asbestos to the Pope;
  his greatness and power;
  his milk libations;
  his inscription at Shangtu;
  Chinghiz’s prophecy;
  his lineage, age, and accession;
  Nayan’s revolt;
  Nayan’s defeat and death;
  rebukes anti-Christian gibes;
  returns to Cambaluc;
  treats four religions with equal respect;
  his views on Christianity;
  how he rewards his captains;
  his personal appearance;
  his wives and ladies-in-waiting;
  his palace at Cambaluc;
  builds Cambaluc city;
  his bodyguard;
  order of his feasts;
  celebration of his birthday;