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 490
Polo, as it is not in PauthiersChinese extracts ; but Gaubil has other facts not noticed in these. Note 3.—The specification of the Tartar instrument of two stringsis peculiar to Pauthiers texts. I cannot find that this very striking circumstance of the whole hostof Tartars playing and singing in… … Nakkaras, from a Chinese origina The Nakkdrah or Nagdrah was a great kettle-drum, formed like abrazen cauldron, tapering to the bottom and covered with buffalo-hide—often 3^ or 4 feet in diameter. The Tartar Nakkarahs were usually, Ipresume, carried on a camel; but as Kublai had begun to use…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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