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Rabban Bar Sauma (s. 1220–1294) (ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ; IPA: [rɑbbɑn bɑrsˤɑuma]), yang juga dikenal sebagai Rabban Ṣawma atau Rabban Çauma, (Hanzi: 拉賓掃務瑪; Pinyin: lābīnsǎowùmǎ), adalah seorang biarawan Turkic/Tionghoa yang beralih menjadi diplomat dari Gereja dari Timur di Tiongkok "Nestorian".
- 1294, Baghdad
Rabban Bar Ṣawma (Syriac language: ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ, [rɑbbɑn bɑrsˤɑwma]; c. 1220 – January 1294), also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma (simplified Chinese: 拉班·扫马; traditional Chinese: 拉賓掃務瑪; pinyin: lābīn sǎowùmǎ), was a Uyghur or Ongud monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in ...
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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. 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. He and a student also made a trip to Persia and Iraq.
May 13, 2021 · Rabban Bar Sauma left China in 1275, followed the Silk Road, and made his way to Baghdad, Constantinople, and France, meeting khans, kings, and a pope. The remarkable Bar Sauma was born in Zhongdu ...
The first person from Turkik China to visit Europe, Bar Sauma (c. 1225–1294) was a Christian monk also known by the honorific Rabban Sauma. Sauma traveled to Rome and Paris on a diplomatic mission to attempt an alliance between western European monarchs and Mongols in Iran.
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 ...
