9.2 A LETTER OF INSTRUCTION 



Montepoli — I cannot locate this place. 



Mulley — A variation of " Malay." It is not unlike Marco 

 Polo's " Maliurh," and is interesting because of its re- 

 semblance to the word " moly " (sometimes " moley " or 

 " meley ") which survives in luncheon menus, and which 

 simply means a kind of watery curry prepared by an 

 Indian cook in what he considers to be the Malay fashion. 



Naicque {Naik) — This word (which is derived from the San- 

 scrit nayaka, a leader,) is used in several ways in India, 

 its most common application being in the Indian Army 

 to a rank corresponding to that of Corporal. 

 Among the Telugus, it is the name of a caste, and the 

 peneral name of the Kings of Vijavanagara A.D. 1325- 

 1674 and of the Lors of Madura (A.D. 1559-1741). See 

 the article " Naik " in Yule and Burnell. 



Narzinga — This is the name applied by the Portuguese, and 

 later by the Dutch and British, to the Great Southern 

 Indian Kingdom of Vijayanagara, or Bisnagar. The 

 name is not really that of the country (and for this 

 reason it will not be found in any Gazetteer), but is 

 that of Nara Sinha, a prince of Telugu origin (circa 

 1400-1508) who was reigning when the Portuguese first 

 visited the place. The country bore this name among 

 the Europeans for nearly two centuries after his death. 

 Vijayanagara was the name of the capital that gave its 

 name to the kingdom. It either means the City of 

 Victory, or is a corruption of Vidya Nagara (the City 

 of Learning). "The Pagan King of Narsinga, who has 

 " 1,500 elephants of war, 49,000 horse, as much foot as 

 " he wishes and so much territory as can scarce be 

 " traversed in six months " is mentioned in the famous 

 letter written on the 6th June 1513 to the Pope, as 

 the head of Christendom, by the King Emmanuel of 

 Portugal to inform him of all the Portuguese successes 

 under Albuquerque. {Letters and papers of Henry VIII, 

 edited by J. S. Brewer. No. 4173 Calendar of State 

 Papers Vol. I. No. 1. 



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