Rabban Ṣawma

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:pilgrims
gptkb:Buddhist_monk
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1220
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Zhongdu,_Yuan_dynasty_(modern_Beijing,_China)
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Baghdad
gptkbp:deathDate 1294
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Baghdad,_Ilkhanate
gptkbp:ethnicity Turkic
gptkbp:hasCompanion Markos (later Patriarch Yahballaha III)
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 13th century
gptkbp:knownFor first East Asian Christian to travel to Europe and document the journey
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Syriac
Turkic
gptkbp:legacy one of the earliest recorded Chinese travelers to Europe
important source for Mongol-European relations
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Pope_Nicholas_IV
gptkb:King_Edward_I_of_England
gptkb:King_Philip_IV_of_France
gptkb:King_James_II_of_Aragon
gptkbp:mission diplomatic mission to Europe
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Yuan_dynasty
gptkbp:notableWork Rabban Ṣawma's Itinerary
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:Buddhist_monk
envoy
gptkbp:pilgrimageSite gptkb:Holy_Land
gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:purpose to seek alliance against the Mamluks
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Church_of_the_East
gptkbp:religiousOrder gptkb:Nestorian
gptkbp:sentBy gptkb:Ilkhan_Arghun
gptkbp:title gptkb:Nestorian_monk
envoy of the Ilkhanate
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Bordeaux
gptkb:Constantinople
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:wrote travel memoirs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bar_Sauma
gptkb:Rabban_Bar_Sauma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabban Ṣawma