The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Zurficar
Also known as Zu’lfiḳár
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 76
Zurficar enters the account as a Turkish acquaintance, a brief human thread in a vast landscape of places and journeys. His years in Chingintalas lend his name the faint pull of a distant horizon.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 76
- Books
- 1
Zurficar is identified as a Turkish acquaintance of Marco Polo who lived for three years in Chingintalas. The account offers no further details about his life or deeds, leaving him as a small but memorable trace of the far-reaching world Polo describes.
Description
The text identifies Zurficar as a Turkish man but gives no specific details of his appearance. His height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and distinguishing marks are not described, so these should remain unspecified in a visual rendering.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Kúbláiagent
Zurficar served the Great Kaan for three years in the region of Chingintalas, procuring the material used to make fire-resistant cloth.
Marco Poloacquaintance
Marco says that he had a Turkish acquaintance, Zurficar, who told him how he had spent three years obtaining the fire-resistant mineral for the Great Kaan.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Appearances
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