CHRISTIANS.
In the Mongol Empire, Christians were known under the name of tarsa and especially under this of ärkägün, in Chinese ye-li-k’o-wen; tarsa, was generally used by the Persian historians. Cf. Pelliot, T’oung Pao, 1914, p. 636.
LIX., p. 295, n. 6. Instead of Ku-wei, read K’u-wai. (Pelliot.)
LXI., pp. 302, 310.
“The weather-conjuring proclivities of the Tartars are repeatedly mentioned in Chinese history. The High Carts (early Ouigours) and Jou-jan (masters of the Early Turks) were both given this way, the object being sometimes to destroy their enemies. I drew attention to this in the Asiatic Quart. Rev. for April, 1902 (‘China and the Avars’).” (E. H. Parker, Asiatic Quart. Rev., Jan., 1904, p. 140.)
LXI., p. 305, n. Harlez’s inscription is a miserable scribble of the facsimile from Dr. Bushell. (Pelliot.)
LXI., p. 308, n. 5. The Yuan Shi, ch. 77, fo 7 v., says that: “Every year, [the Emperor] resorts to Shang tu. On the 24th day of the 8th moon, the sacrifice called ‘libation of mare’s milk’ is celebrated.” (Pelliot.)
[1] The eight stages would be:—(1) Hasanábad, 21 miles; (2) Darband, 28 miles; (3) Chehel Pái, 23 miles; (4) Naiband, 39 miles; (5) Zenagán, 47 miles; (6) Duhuk, 25 miles; (7) Chah Khusháb, 36 miles; and (8) Tun, 23 miles.
[2] Genom Khorasan och Turkestan, I., pp. 123 seq.