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 501
dicated by the 7iumber of lions heads uponthe plate, which varied from i to 5. The Lion andSun, a symbol which survives, or has been revived,in the modern Persian decoration so called, formedthe emblem of the Sun in Leo, i.e. in highest power.It had already been used on the coins of the Sel-jukian… … Chap. VII. TABLETS OF AUTHORITY. 315 Hammer gives regulations of Ghazan Khans on the subject of thePaizah, from which it is seen that the latter were of different kinds aswell as degrees. Some were held by great governors and officers ofstate, and these were cautioned against letting the Paizah out…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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