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The Role of Arabs and Omanis in Spreading Islam in China between the First and Fifth Hijri Centuries

Dawr al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻUmānīyīn fī Nashr al-Islām bi-al-Ṣīn bayna al-Qarnayn al-Awwal wa-al-Khāmis al-Hijrīyayn

دور العرب والعمانيين في نشر الإسلام بالصين بين القرنين الأول والخامس الهجريين

Masʻūd Khālidī (University 8 May 1945 Guelma)
د. مسعود خالدي
Conference: International Conference: Oman and the Countries of Southeast Asia and China — Cultural, Historical, Political and Civilizational Horizons — Kuala Lumpur, 2016
Romanized conference title: al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī: ʻUmān wa-Duwal Janūb Sharq Āsiyā wa-al-Ṣīn: Āfāq Thaqāfīyah wa-Tārīkhīyah wa-Siyāsīyah wa-Ḥaḍārīyah
Language of the paper: Arabic — this page presents the English metadata layer.
Permanent citation ID: MHF-OMANSEAASIA-017

Abstract

Islam reached China early, entering with the beginning of the Islamic mission and from the time of prophethood. Thanks to contacts between Arabs and the countries of Southeast Asia, China among them, merchants, missionaries, jurists and political delegations moved to China; some returned to their homelands and others settled there, forming Muslim communities in its cities which had an effect in spreading Islam. They built mosques, taught the Arabic language and enriched the economic life of the cities in which they settled. Although Islam did not spread widely during the first Islamic centuries, what is certain is established through historical evidence transmitted in written sources or in the architectural remains in various Chinese cities. The study asks how these communities entered China, and traces the Arab and Omani role in that process between the first and fifth Hijri centuries.

Keywords

Islam in ChinaArab merchantsOmani roleEarly Islamic historyMuslim communitiesMaritime trade

How to cite

Khālidī, Masʻūd. "Dawr al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻUmānīyīn fī Nashr al-Islām bi-al-Ṣīn bayna al-Qarnayn al-Awwal wa-al-Khāmis al-Hijrīyayn" [The Role of Arabs and Omanis in Spreading Islam in China between the First and Fifth Hijri Centuries]. Paper presented at al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī: ʻUmān wa-Duwal Janūb Sharq Āsiyā wa-al-Ṣīn: Āfāq Thaqāfīyah wa-Tārīkhīyah wa-Siyāsīyah wa-Ḥaḍārīyah, Kuwālā Lumbūr, 2016. MHF-OMANSEAASIA-017

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