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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Rabban Bar Sauma canonical 2

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Statements (50)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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