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January 1294 (aged c. 73–74) Baghdad, Ilkhanate. Denomination. Church of the East. Residence. Baghdad, Maragheh. Occupation. Monk, ambassador, writer. Rabban Bar Ṣawma traveled from Beijing in Asia to Rome and Paris [1] and Bordeaux in Europe, meeting with the major rulers of the period.
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Feb 14, 2024 · Rabban bar Sauma (born c. 1220, Zhongdu [now Beijing], China—died January 1294, Baghdad, Iraq) was a Nestorian Christian ecclesiastic, whose important but little-known travels in western Europe as an envoy of the Mongols provide a counterpart to those of his contemporary, the Venetian Marco Polo, in Asia. Born into a wealthy Christian family ...
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Rabban Bar Sauma (Bar Ṣaumā, syr.: ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ, * ca. 1220 in Peking; † Januar 1294 in Bagdad) war ein nestorianischer Mönch und Diplomat. Bar Ṣaumā wurde in eine wohlhabende nestorianische Familie in Peking hineingeboren. Nach Gregorius Bar-Hebraeus war er uigurischer Abstammung, nach chinesischen Quellen gehörte er zum Turkvolk der Onguden.
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Rabban Bar Sauma (c. 1220-1294) (transliteración del siríaco: ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ), también conocido como Rabban Ṣawma o Rabban Çauma, [1] (y del chino:拉賓掃務瑪), fue un monje nestoriano túrquico/mongol convertido a diplomático que alcanzó notoriedad por viajar desde la China controlada por los mongoles hasta las costas ...
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May 13, 2021 · This Chinese monk's epic, east-to-west travels rival Marco Polo's In the 13th century, a Mongolian khan sent Rabban Bar Sauma west to forge diplomatic ties with powerful leaders from Persia...
Rabban Bar Sauma. views 1,802,416 updated. Rabban Bar Sauma. c.1220-1294. Chinese Nestorian Monk and Explorer. I n the late 1280s, a Nestorian Christian monk named Rabban Bar Sauma took the opposite route of many of his contemporary explorers by venturing from his homeland in China to western Europe.
Overview. One could call Rabban Bar Sauma a "reverse Marco Polo ": whereas Polo traveled from West to East, Bar Sauma's trek took him from what is now Beijing to the Bourdeaux region in France; and whereas Polo went on business, the priest Bar Sauma was on a religious mission. Of course, Polo and his journey are much better known, because they ...