The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427Schiltberger, Johannes
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The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427
Schiltberger, Johannes
Timur, 1336-1405 -- Early works to 1800; Turkey -- History -- Bayezid I, 1389-1403; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
Dardanelles (Hellespant and Poges for Boghaz), 79
Darial pass, the, 89
D’Artois, Philippe, Comte d’Eu, 109
Date-plum, the, 47, 168
David, King, where buried, 59
Day (They), the, 74, 221
Dead, prayers for the, in Armenian Church, 94
Death, by cutting in two parts, 19;
burial alive, 20, 125, 22;
hanging, 24;
trampling under the hoofs of horses, 28, 133;
strangulation, 33;
sawing in two parts, 51, 183;
impalement, 51;
poisoning, 154;
breaking on the wheel, 183
Delhi (Dily), besieged by Timour, 26, 131;
capital of Lesser India, 47
Denisly (Donguslu), 40, 148
De Noillac, Philibert, grand-master of Rhodes, 109, 110
Derbent, 34, 136
Desert, at the end of the earth, 35;
of Arabia, 46, 54
Despot of Servia, 3, 111
—— of the Morea, 228
Devlett byrdy (Doblabardi), 37, 142
Divorce in Armenia, 94, 241
Dobroudja, the, 110
Dogs, in Siberia, 35;
where they are eaten, 35
Dokouz Khatoum, protectress of Christians, 157
Don R. (Tena), 49
Dragons, in the desert of Arabia, 46;
at Rome, 90–91
Dyarbekr (Hamunt, capital of Black Turkey), 43, 152
(Edigi); _see_ Ydegou
Eger, 102
Egypt, 50, 61
Elephants, at battle of Angora, 21;
in India, routed by camels, 25, 132;
in Lesser India, 47
Elias, his burial-place, 52;
chapel on Horeb, 55;
a prophet of the Mahomedans, 188
Emperor, the Greek, 101
———— the Roman, 95, 240
Enoch, his burial-place, 52;
a prophet of the Mahomedans, 188
Ephesus (Asia), 40, 146
Epiphany, the, in the Armenian Church, 93
Erivan (Erban), 33, 136
Ersingan (Ersinggan), taken by Bajazet, 21;
capital of Lesser Armenia, 43;
a kingdom of Armenia, 86
Esaias, the prophet, 59
Ethiopia, 209
Eucharist, the, in Syrian Church, 78;
in Greek Church, 81, 232;
in Armenian Church, 91–92, 238, 240
Euphrates R., 43, 151, 46, 61, 209, 117, 168, 186
Eve, the grave of, 60
Faradj (Joseph, Jusuphda), 19, 124, 51, 122
Fasting, among Mahomedans, 70;
in the Greek Church, 82, 83, 232;
in the Armenian Church, 93, 239
Felt, raising to the White, 48, 172
Female, warriors in Great Tatary, 37;
debauchery in Egypt, 52, 191
Fictions, battle of serpents and vipers, 12;
Timour lies uneasy in his grave, 30;
castle of the sparrow-hawk, 41–42;
(Phiradamschyech), a tercentenarian, 45, 162;
destruction of mirror at Alexandria, 63, 215;
the giant’s shin-bone, 64, 216;
the Bosphorus, a cutting by Alexander the Great, 79, 226;
the emperor Constantine, 83;
Tiridates is turned into a pig, 88, 236;
Tiridates, the dragon and unicorn, 90;
the forty Armenian knights, 96–98
Fire worship, 65
Fish, exported from Tana, 49, 175;
in the R. Jordan, 60
Florentines, in Egypt, 214
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