of the Mongol campaigns against thatDynasty, and held a prominent place in the dying instructions of Chinghiz for the pro-secution of the conquest of Cathay. This fortress must have continued famous toPolos time—indeed it continues so still, the strategic position being one whichnothing short of a… … Plan of Ki chau, after Duhalde. = Great Golden. But we have seen that Thaigin is not the only reading. Thatof the MSS. seems to point rather to some name like Kaichau. A hypothesis which has seemed to me to callfor least correction in the textis that the castle was at the Ki-chauof the maps, nearly…
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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