China — ܨܝܢ

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It remains uncertain when [Syriac-speaking] Christians first reached the main, historically Chinese-speaking (Han), part of China.1

Names

  • ܨܝܢ
  • ܨܺܝܢ3
  • الصين4, 9, 10
  • الصِين8
  • China2, 5, 6, 7

Place Type

region

Attestations

Attestation of name الصين in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.

الصين4, 9, 10 9

Attestation of name الصين in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.

الصين4, 9, 10 10

Attestation of name الصِين in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

الصِين8 8
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Works Cited

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  • 1 H. Takahashi, "129. China, Syriac Christianity in," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 94-96.
  • 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 94–96 (with fig. 34), 99, 123, 203, 210, 261, 360–361, 382, 414, 417, 428 (with fig. 127).
  • 3 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 26.
  • 4 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 15.
  • 5 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 4.
  • 6 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: China.
  • 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 1, 16, 17, 19, 342, 343, 344, 345-346, 347.
  • 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: III, pp: 500.
  • 9 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 234.
  • 10 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 82.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “China — ܨܝܢ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/472.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “China — ܨܝܢ .” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine and Mario Kozah. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/472.

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  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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