Friday, January 4, 2013

ISLAM OVER THE WORLD : HISTORY OF ISLAM IN CHINA

The Chinese Muslims known as the Jiao Yisilan which means 'pure religion'. Chinese people refer to as the birthplace of Makkah 'Ma-hia-wu' (Prophet Muhammad SAW).
Teachings of Islam first arrived in China around the year 615 AD Caliph Uthman ibn Affan was assigned Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas to take the teachings of the divine to mainland China (That said, Sa'ad died in China in 635 AD, and his tomb is known as Geys' Mazars).
Deputy Envoy was received openly by the Emperor Yung Wei of the Tang Dynasty. This Emperor, then ordered the construction of the mosque or the mosque Huaisheng Memorial in Canton, which is the first mosque in mainland China.
When the powerful Tang Dynasty, China is reaching the golden age, so easily spread the teachings of Islam and known Chinese society.

    
In the Chinese history book, entitled T'hang Chiu Shu told China've got diplomatic visits from people Ta Shih (Arabic). People Ta Shih, is an ambassador of Tan mi ni mo '(Commander of the Faithful), 3rd (Caliph Uthman ibn Affan).

    
Meanwhile, Buya Hamka Muslims in his book History of writing, 674M-675M in the year, China's arrival one of the companions of Allah, Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan (the Umayyads), even mentioned after a visit to China, Muawiyah observed in Java, which by visiting the kingdom of Kalinga.

    
Based on the record, the information obtained, the Umayyad dynasty there were 17 Muslim ambassadors came to China, while in the Abbasid dynasty sent a total of 18 ambassadors.
Initially, the majority of Muslims in China are the merchants of Arabia and Persia. The Chinese were the first to embrace Islam is an ethnic Hui Chi.
When the reign of the Song Dynasty, Muslims had taken control of import and export industry. In fact, during that period the post of director general of shipping has consistently held the Muslims.
In the year 1070 AD, the emperor of the Song Dynasty invite Shenzong 5300 Muslim men from Bukhara to stay in China. The aim is to establish a buffer zone between China and the Liao Empire in the Northeast region.
Bukhara People were then settled in the area between Kaifeng and Yenching (Beijing). They were led by Prince Amir Sayyid alias 'So-Fei Er', which became known as the 'father' of the Muslim community in China.
When the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1274 AD -1368 AD) came to power, the number of Muslims in the greater China. Mongols, a minority in China, gave the opportunity for Muslim immigrants to rise to the status of Han China. So the influence of Muslims in China is getting stronger. Hundreds of thousands of Muslim immigrants in the West and Central Asia were recruited to help the expansion of the Mongol Dynasty territory and imperial influence.
The Mongols use the services of a Persian, Arab and Uyghur to take care of taxes and finances. At that time, many Muslims who led the corporation in the early period of the Yuan Dynasty. Muslim Scholars reviewing and compiling astronomical calendar. Moreover, the Muslim architects also helped design the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Khanbaliq (Source: History of Islam in the Bamboo Curtain country).
In the reign of the Ming Dynasty, Muslims still have a strong influence in government circles. The founder of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was a leading Muslim general, no more Lan Yu Who, circa 1388, Lan led the Ming Dynasty and beat Mongolia. Furthermore, in the time of Emperor Yong Le (Zhu Di) appears a reliable Muslim sailor, who was named Admiral Cheng Ho.


Reference :
http://kanzunqalam.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/sejarah-awal-mula-umat-muslim-di-china/ 

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