(See Also Devil-Dancing.).
Shampath, Ancestor Of Georgian Kings.
Shamsuddin Shamatrani.
Shamuthera, See Sumatra.
Shan (Laotian, Or Thai).
- - Race And
Country.
- - dynasty in Yun-nan.
- - ponies.
- - state of Pong, see Pong.
Shanars of Tinnevelly,
their devil-worship.
Shang-hai.
Shangking-
Fungking.
Shangtu, Shangdu (Chandu),
Kublai's City and Summer Palace;
Dr. Bushell's description of;
Kublai's annual visit to.
Shangtu Keibung.
Shan-hai-kwan.
Shankarah, Shabankara (Soncara).
Shan-si.
Shan-tung,
silk in;
pears from.
Shao-hing-fu.
Shao-ling, pariah caste of.
Sharakhs.
Shara-ul-buks (Forest of box on the Black Sea).
Sharks and shark charmers.
Shauls, or Shuls, the.
Shawankara (Soncara).
Shaw, R.B.
Shawls of Kerman.
Sheep, fat-tailed in Kerman.
- - four-horned at Shehr.
- - large Indian.
- - none in Manzi.
- - of Pamir (Ovis Poli).
- - wild, of Badakhshan (Kachkar, Ovis Vignei).
- - with trucks behind.
- - Zanghibar.
Sheep's head given to horses.
Shehr, or Shihr, see Esher.
Shehrizor (Kerkuk).
Shenrabs.
Shen-si.
Shentseu tribe.
Sheuping.
Shewa, cool plateau of.
Shibrgan (Sapurgan).
Shieng, Sheng, or Sing, the Supreme Board of Administration.
Shien-sien, Shin-sien.
Shighnan (Syghinan), ruby mines.
Shijarat Malayu, or Malay Chronicle.
Shikargah, applied to animal pattern textures, Benares brocades.
Shing-king, or Mukden.
Ships, of the Great Khan,
of India at Fuju;
of Manzi described;
mediaeval, accounts of;
in Japan;
in Java Seas;
at Eli.
Shiraz (Cerazi).
Shireghi.
Shirha.
Shirwan.
Shi-tsung, Emperor.
Shoa.
Shob'aengs of Nicobar.
Shodja ed-din Kurshid, Kurd.
Shor-Rud (Salt River).
Shot of Military Engines.
Shpilevsky.
Shulistan (Suolstan).
Shuls of Shauls, people of Persia.
Shut up nations, legend of the.
Shweli River.
Siam,
king of.
Siang-yang-fu (Saianfu),
Kublai's siege of;
Polo's aid in taking;
difficulties in Polo's account;
not removed by Pauthier, notice by Wassaf, Chinese account,
Rashiduddin's;
treasure buried.
Siberia.
Sibree, on rofia palm.
Sick men put to death and eaten by their friends.
Siclatoun, kind of texture.
Siddharta.
Sidi Ali.
Sien, Sien-Lo, Sien-Lo-Kok (Siam, Locac).
Sifan.
Sigatay, see Chagatai.
Sighelm, envoy from King Alfred to India.
Si Hia, language of Tangut.
Si-hu, Lake of Kinsay or Hang-chau.
Sijistan.
Siju (Suthsian).
Sikintinju (Kien-chow).
Silesia, Mongol invasion of.
Silk, called Ghelle (of Gilan),
manufacture at Yezd;
at Taianfu;
in Shan-si and Shen-si;
in Kenjanfu;
Cuncun;
Sindafu;
Kwei-chau;
Tasinfu;
Piju;
Pao-ying-Hien;
Nanghin;
Chinhiang-fu;
Chinginju;
Suju;
Vughin;
Kinsay;
Ghiuju.
- - cotton tree.
- - duty on.
- - and gold stuffs.
- - stuffs and goods, Turcomania,
Georgia;
Baghdad;
Yezd;
Kerman;
Tenduc province;
Cambaluc;
Juju;
Sindafu;
Cacanfu;
Chinangli;
Suju;
Vughin;
Kinsay;
in animal patterns;
with Cheetas;
of Kelinfu;
with giraffes.
Silk, tent ropes,
bed furniture.
- - trade at Cambaluc,
at Kinsay.
- - worms.
Silver chairs.
- - imported into Malabar,
Cambay.
- - Island.
- - mines at Baiburt,
Gumish-Khanah;
in Badakhshan;
in N. Shansi;
Yun-nan;
Russian.
- - plate in Chinese taverns.
Simon, Metropolitan of Fars.
- - Magus.
Simum, effects of.
Simurgh.
Sinbad,
his story of the diamonds;
of the Rukh.
Sind (Sindhu-Sauvira).
Sindabur (Goa).
Sindachu (Siuen-hwa fu).
Sindafu (Chengtu-fu).
Sindhu-Sauvira (Sindh-Sagor).
Si-ngan fu (Kenjanfu),
Christian inscription at.
Singapore, Singhapura.
Singkel.
Singphos.
Sings.
Singtur, Mongol Prince.
Singuyli (Cranganor).
Sinhopala (Accambale), king of Chamba.
Sinju (Si-ning fu).
- - (Ichin-hien).
Sinju-matu.
Sinkalan, Sin-ul-Sin, Maha-chin, or Canton.
Sinope.
Siraf (Kish, or Kais?).
Sir-i-Chashma.
Sirikol, Lake and River.
Sirjan or Shirjan.
Sis.
Sistan.
Sitting in air.
Siu chau.
Siuen-hwa-fu, see Sindachu.
Siva.
Sivas, Siwas, Sebaste, Sevasd (Savast).
Siwastan.
Siwi, gigantic cotton in.
Sixtus V., Pope.
Siya-gosh, or lynx.
Siyurgutmish.
Sladen, Major.
Slaves in Bengal.
Sledges, dog-.
Sleeping-mats, leather.
Sluices of Grand Canal.
Smith, G., Bishop of Hongkong.
Smith (R.E.), Major R.M.
Sneezing, omen from.
Socotra (Scotra), island of,
history of;
Christian Archbishop;
aloes of.
Soer (Suhar).
Sofala, trade to China from.
Sogoman Borcan, see Sakya Muni.
Sol, Arbre, see Arbre.
Soldaia, Soldachia, Sodaya (the Oriental Sudak).
Soldan, a Melic.
Soldurii, trusty lieges of Celtic kings.
Soli, Solli (Chola, or Tanjore), kingdom of.
Solomon, house of, in Abyssinia.
Soltania, Archbishop of (See Sultaniah.).
Somnath (Semenat),
gates of.
Sonagar-pattanam.
Soncara (Shawankara).
Sender Bandi Davar, see Sundara Pandi.
Sondur and Condur (Pulo Condore Group).
Sorcerers, sorceries of Pashai (Udyana),
Kashmir;
Lamas and Tibetans.
- - Dagroian,
Socotra (See also Conjurers.).
Sornau (Shahr-i-Nau), Siam.
Sotiates, tribe of Aquitania.
Soucat.
Southey, St. Romuald.
Spaan, Ispahan.
Sposk, district.
Spezerie.
Spice, Spicery.
Spice wood.
Spices in China, duty on.
Spikenard.
Spinello Aretini, fresco by.
Spirit drawings and spiritual flowers.
Spirits haunting deserts.
Spiritualism in China.
Spittoons, pocket.
Spodium (Spodos).
Sport and game,
in Shan-si;
Cachanfu;
Cuncun;
Acbalec Manzi;
Tibet;
Caindu;
Zardandan;
Mien;
Linju;
Cagu;
Nanghin;
Saianfu;
Ching-hiang-fu;
Chinginju;
Changan;
Kinsay;
Fuju;
Lambri;
Maabar;
Comari;
Eli.
Springolds.
Springs, hot.
Sprinkling of drink, a Tartar rite.
Squares at Kinsay.
Sri-Thammarat.
Sri-Vaikuntham.
Sse River.
Stack, E., visits Kuh Banan.
Star Chart.
Star of Bethlehem, traditions about.
Steamers on Yangtse-kiang.
Steel mines at Kerman,
in Chingintalas;
Indian;
Asiatic view of.
Stefani, Signor.
Stein, Dr. M.A., on Sorcery in Kashmir,
on Paonano Pao;
on Pamirs;
on site of Pein.
Stiens of Cambodia.
Stirrups, short and long.
Stitched vessels.
Stockade erected by Polo's party in Sumatra.
Stone, miracle of the, at Samarkand.
- - the green.
- - towers in Chinese cities.
- - umbrella column.
Stones giving invulnerability.
Suakin.
Submersion of part of Ceylon.
Subterraneous irrigation.
Suburbs of Cambaluc.
Subutai, Mongol general.
Su-chau (Suju),
plan of.
Suchnan River.
Sudarium, the Holy.
Suddhodhana.
Sugar, Bengal,
manufactured;
art of refining;
of Egypt and China.
Suh-chau (Sukchur).
Suicides before an idol.
Sukchur, province Sukkothai.
Sukkothai.
Suklat, broadcloth.
Sukum Kala'.
Suleiman, Sultan.
Sulphur and quicksilver, potion of longevity.
Sultaniah, Monument at (See Soltania.).
Sultan Shah, of Badakhshan.
Sumatra (Java the Less),
described, its kingdoms;
circuit.
Sumatra, Samudra,
city and kingdom of (Samara for Samatva);
legend of origin;
Ibn Batuta there;
its position;
latest mention of;
wine-pots.
Sumbawa.
Summers, Professor.
Sumutala, Sumuntala, see Sumatra.
Sun and moon, trees of the.
Sundara Pandi Devar, Sondar Bandi Davar, king in Ma'bar,
his death;
Dr. Caldwell's views about.
Sundar Fulat (Pulo Condore Group).
Sung, a native dynasty
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