The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East (1871)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London : John Murray · leaf 410
d the son on succeeding to take such as hepleased of his deceased fathers wives, we have had some illustration (seePrologue, ch. xvii. note 2), and many instances will be found in Hammersor other Mongol Histories. The same custom seems to be ascribed byHerodotus to the Scyths (IV. 78). A number of… … 224 MARCO POLO. BOOK I. the custom of taking a deceased brothers wives is now obsolete, butthat a proverb preserves its memory (II. 656). The Kahn is a present which the Bridegroom or his parents maketo the parents of the Bride. Ah the Pagan nations of Siberia have thiscustom ; they differ only in…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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