rs, he rides a horse under a black canopy, with an escort of 100 servants.The inhabitants are white and of a pure race and eight Chinese feet tall. They wearunder a Turban their hair loose partly hanging on their neck. Their dress consists ofa foreign jacket and a light silk or cotton overcoat,… … A Persian Wind-Catcher. The Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali, who was sent in 1553 to command the Ottomanfleet in the Persian Gulf, and has written an interesting account of his disastrous com-mand and travels back to Constantinople from India, calls the Island Kais, or the old Hormuz. This shows that the…
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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