Rabban Bar Sauma

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:diplomat
Buddhist monk
travelers
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Ilkhan_Arghun
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 gptkb:Rabban_Markos
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabban Bar Sauma
gptkbp:knownFor diplomatic missions to Europe
pilgrimage from China to Jerusalem
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Syriac
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 envoy of the Mongol Ilkhanate to Europe
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Yuan_dynasty
gptkbp:notableEvent first known East Asian to travel to Europe and leave a written account
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Bar_Sawma
gptkb:Rabban_Ṣawma
gptkbp:pilgrimageSite gptkb:Holy_Land
gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Nestorian_Christianity
gptkbp:religiousOrder gptkb:Church_of_the_East
gptkbp:role diplomatic intermediary between Mongol Ilkhanate and European powers
gptkbp:subjectOf various historical studies
The Monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China (translated travel account)
gptkbp:title gptkb:embassy
gptkb:Rabban
Buddhist monk
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Bordeaux
gptkb:Constantinople
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:wrote travel account
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bar_Sauma
gptkb:Silk_Route
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6