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The monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China : medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond
- Title
- The monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China : medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond / by Rabban Sauma ; new introduction by David Morgan ; translated by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge.
- Author
- Ṣâumā, Rabban, approximately 1220-1294
- Publication
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
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- Description
- xxii, 335 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Asia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
- Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800
- Yabhalāhā > III, > Patriarch of the Church of the East, > 1245-1317 > Travel > Asia
- Assyrian Church of the East members > Travel > Asia > Early works to 1800
- Ṣâumā, Rabban, approximately 1220-1294 > Travel > Asia
- Mongols > Travel > Asia > Early works to 1800
- Note
- Translated from Syriac.
- Originally published : London : Religious Tract Society, 1928.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and index.
- Contents
- The Nestorian Christians and their doctrines -- The heresy of Nestorius -- Progress of Nestorianism -- The conversion of Turkestân -- Downfall of the Nestorian Church in China -- The creed of the Nestorians -- The travels of the Chinese monks -- The Pâizah or bull of the Mongol kings -- The travels of Rabban Ṣâwmâ returns to Mongolia -- The patriarchate of Mâr Yahbh-Allâhâ III -- The Îl-Khâns of Persia -- The decline of Christianity in central Asia and China -- The modern Nestorians -- The creed of Mâr Yahbh-Allâhâ III.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-2814
- ISBN
- 9781780764535
- 1780764537
- OCLC
- 878850170
- Author
- Ṣâumā, Rabban, approximately 1220-1294, author.
- Title
- The monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China : medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond / by Rabban Sauma ; new introduction by David Morgan ; translated by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge.
- Publisher
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and index.
- Added Author
- Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934, translator.Morgan, David, 1945- writer of introduction.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-2814