Thomas Carlson (eds.), "China — ܨܝܢ " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/472
    
        
            
                
                    China
                    ܨܝܢ
                    ܨܺܝܢ
                    الصين
                    الصِين
                    
                        It remains uncertain when [Syriac-speaking]
                            Christians first reached the main, historically Chinese-speaking (Han),
                            part of China.
                    
                        Attestation of name الصِين
                            in the Muʿjam al-buldān of
                                Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name الصين
                            in the Kitāb al-buldān of
                                Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.
                        
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name الصين
                            in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa
                            of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                    
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                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
                    
                        http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=C&sK=China&sT=keywords 
                    
                        H. Takahashi
                        129. China, Syriac Christianity in
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the
                            Syriac Heritage
                        
                        94-96
                    
                    
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the
                            Syriac Heritage
                        
                        94–96 (with fig. 34), 99, 123, 203, 210, 261, 360–361,
                            382, 414, 417, 428 (with fig. 127)
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        26
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب
                            السريانية
                        
                        15
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac
                            Literature and Sciences
                        
                        4
                    
                    
                        The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac
                            Christianity
                        
                        China
                    
                    
                        David Wilmshurst
                        The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church
                            of the East, 1318-1913
                        
                        1, 16, 17, 19, 342, 343, 344, 345-346,
                            347
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        III500
                    
                    
                        Kitāb al-buldān
                        Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī
                        
                        234
                    
                    
                        Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa
                        Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah
                        
                        82