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The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East; (1903)

Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?, Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925, Yule, Amy Frances, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London, J. Murray · leaf 122

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he latter a son of the Kaan, for in ch. li. infra,this prince is correctly described as the Kaans grandson. Rashiduddin tells us thatKublai had given his son IIukaji (or perhaps Hogdchi, i.e. Cogachin) the govern-ment of Karajang,* and that after the death of this Prince the government was con- *… … Chap. XLIX. CROCODILES 81 tinued to his son Isentimur. Klaproth gives the date of the latters nominationfrom the Chinese Annals as 1280. It is not easy to reconcile Marcos statementsperfectly with a knowledge of these facts; but we may suppose that, in speaking ofCogachin as ruling at Karajang (or…

Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Inscriptions, Chinese

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