Trees of Grace in Persia;
Dry Trees in Mahomedan legend;
in Rabbinical and Buddhist stories, and legends of the Wood of the
Cross;
Polo's _Arbre Sec_ to be sought near Damghan;
Sabaean apologue;
clue to the term _Arbre Sec_.
Arcali, Arculin, _see_ Erculin.
Architectural remains in Indo-China.
Ardeshir Babekan, first Sassanian king.
Ardeshir, last sovereign of Shabankara.
Areca.
_Areng Saccharifera_.
Arezzo.
Argaeus, Mount.
Argali.
Arghun, Khan of Persia (Polo's Argon, Lord of the Levant),
sends an embassy to Kublai for a wife;
is dead when she arrives;
his unhappy use of the elixir vitae;
advances against his uncle Ahmad;
harangues his chiefs;
sends Ahmad a remonstrance;
is taken prisoner;
released by certain chiefs;
obtains sovereignty;
his death;
his beauty.
Argons (Arghun), half-breeds.
Arii, Ariana.
Arikbuga, Kublai's brother.
Arimaspia.
Arimaspian gold.
Ariora-Keshimur,
meaning of _Ariora_.
Ariosto.
Aripo.
Aristotle.
Arjish (Arzizi).
Arkasun Noian.
_Arkhaiun_, applied to Oriental Christians or their Clergy.
Armenia, Greater.
Armenia (Hermenia), Lesser or Cilician.
Armenian Christians.
Armenians.
Armillary Zodiacal Sphere.
Armour of boiled leather, _see_ Cuirbouly.
Arms of Kerman,
of the Tartars.
Arredon River.
Arrow Divination.
Arrows, Tartar.
Artacki.
Arts, the Seven.
Aru, Cumaha.
Arucki.
Aruk.
Arulun Tsaghan Balghasun (Chagan-Nor).
Arya Chakravarti.
Aryavartta, the Holy Lands of Indian Buddhism.
Arzinga (Erzingan).
Arziron (Erzrum).
Arzizi (Arjish).
Asbestos, and the Salamander.
Asceticism of the Sensin,
of the Jogis.
Asedin Soldan (Ghaiassuddin Balban, Sultan of Delhi).
Ashar (Asciar), king of Cail.
Ashishin, _see_ Assassins.
Ashod, founder of the Bagratid dynasty.
Ashurada.
Asikan, Mongol general.
Asoka.
_Asper_, or _akche_ about a groat.
Assai River.
Assassins (Ashishin, Hashishin), Ismailites,
how the Old Man trained them;
murders by;
their destruction;
survival and recent circumstances of the sect.
Asses, in Persia,
in Mongolia;
in Madagascar;
in Abyssinia;
in Far North.
Asterius, Bishop of Amasia in Pontus.
Astrakhan (Gittarchan).
Astrolabe.
Astrology, -ers, in Tangut,
of Chinghiz;
at Kublai's Court;
at Cambaluc;
of Tibet;
at Kinsay;
in Maabar;
in Coilum.
Astronomical instruments, ancient Chinese.
Atabegs, of Mosul,
of Lur;
of Fars;
of Yezd;
of Kerman.
Atjeh, _s