Rabban Bar Sauma
✓ Source-basedstableA Turkic Chinese monk turned diplomat of the Nestorian Church of the East in China
Rabban Bar Ṣawma, also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma, was a Uyghur monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in China. He is known for embarking on a pilgrimage from Yuan China to Jerusalem with one of his students, Markos.
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![Rabban Bar Sauma traveled from Beijing in Asia to Rome and Paris[1] and Bordeaux in Europe, meeting with the major rulers of the period.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/VoyagesOfRabbanBarSauma.jpg/1280px-VoyagesOfRabbanBarSauma.jpg)
Rabban Bar Sauma traveled from Beijing in Asia to Rome and Paris[1] and Bordeaux in Europe, meeting with the major rulers of the period.
Extract of the letter of Arghun to Philip IV, in the Uyghur-Mongolian script, dated 1289, in which Rabban Bar Sauma is mentioned. The seal is that of the Great Khan, with Chinese Script: 「輔國安民之寶」, which means "Seal of the upholder of the State and the purveyor of peace to the People". French National Archives.Historical Figures born in the 1220s 6
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Rabban Bar Ṣawma, also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma, was a Uyghur monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in China. He is known for embarking on a pilgrimage from Yuan China to Jerusalem with one of his students, Markos. Due to military unrest along the way, they never reached their destination, but instead spent many years in Ilkhanate-controlled Baghdad.
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