Rabban Bar Sauma

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Rabban Bar Sauma was a 13th-century Nestorian Christian monk and diplomat from China who famously journeyed to Europe as an envoy of the Mongol Ilkhanate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century person
Christian monk
Nestorian Christian
diplomat
envoy
traveler
alsoKnownAs Rabban Bar Ṣawma
linked to: Rabban Ṣawma

Rabban Sauma
linked to: Rabban Ṣawma

Rabban Ṣawma
birthDate c. 1220
birthPlace Yuan China
linked to: Yuan dynasty

Zhongdu
near modern Beijing
citizenship Yuan dynasty
deathDate 1294
deathPlace Baghdad
employer Ilkhan Arghun
linked to: Arghun

Ilkhanate
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
ethnicOrigin Turkic
influenced knowledge of Europe in the Mongol Ilkhanate
later historians of cross-cultural contacts
languageSpoken Chinese
Persian
Syriac
Turkic language
metWith Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos
King Edward I of England (via representatives)
linked to: Edward I of England

King Philip IV of France
linked to: Philip IV of France

Pope Nicholas IV
missionPurpose to seek alliance with European powers against the Mamluks
notableFor early example of an East Asian traveler to medieval Europe
journey from China to the Middle East and Europe
serving as Mongol Ilkhanate envoy to European courts
notableWork Itinerary of Rabban Bar Sauma
Travel account of Rabban Bar Sauma
occupation diplomat
envoy of the Ilkhanate
monk
religion Church of the East
Nestorian Christianity
linked to: Nestorianism
religiousOrder Church of the East monasticism
sentBy Ilkhan Arghun
linked to: Arghun
travelDestination Baghdad
Bordeaux
Constantinople
Jerusalem region
Paris
Rome
wroteAbout Christian holy sites in the Near East
European courts

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Arghun notableEnvoy Rabban Bar Sauma
Christian–Mongol relations hasKeyFigure Rabban Bar Sauma