The monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China : medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond /: medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond. (2014)
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- Book
- Title:
- The monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China : medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond /: medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond. (2014)
- Main Title:
- The monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China : medieval travels from China through Central Asia to Persia and beyond
- Further Information:
- Note: By Rabban Sauma ; new introduction by David Morgan ; translated by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge.
- Authors:
- Rabban, Ṣâumā, approximately 1220-1294
- Other Names:
- Sir Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) 1857-1934 translator.
Morgan, David 1945- writer of introduction. - Contents:
- Introduction by David MorganPrefaceIntroduction by Sir E. A. Wallis BudgeThe Nestorian Christians and their doctrines; The heresy of Nestorius; Progress of nestorianism; The conversion of Turkestan; Downfall of the Nestorian Church in China; Creed and doctrine of the Nestorians; The travels of the Nestorian Chinese monks, Rabban Sawma and Markos; 1: The travels of Sauma and Mark; The Paiza or Bull of the Mongol kings; 2: The travels of Rabban Sawma; Sawma returns to Mongolia; 3: The patriarchate of Mar Yahbh-Allaha III; The Il-Khans of Persia; The decline of Christianity in Central Asia and China; The modern Nestorians; The creed of Mar Yahbh-Allaha III;Appendix A to IntroductionThe rise and Fall of the first Mongol Empire; The Mongols and Christianity; The Mongol language; The progress of Muhammadanism in the thirteenth centuryAppendix B to IntroductionThe Nestorian stele at Hsi-an-Fu; Translation of the Syriac textChapter 1: The history of Rabban SawmaChapter 2: The history of Mar Yahbh-Allaha, the Catholicus and Patriarch of the EastChapter 3: Rabban Sawma and Rabban Markos wish to go to JerusalemChapter 4: Rabban Mark is ordained Metropolitan, and is called Mar Yahbh-Allaha, and Rabban Sawma becomes Visitor-GeneralChapter 5: Yahbh-Allaha is elected Patriarch Chapter 6: The false accusations which Mar Yahbh suffered in the days of Ahad the kingChapter 7: On the departure of Rabban Sawma to the country of the Romans in the name of King Arghon and of the Catholicus MarIntroduction by David MorganPrefaceIntroduction by Sir E. A. Wallis BudgeThe Nestorian Christians and their doctrines; The heresy of Nestorius; Progress of nestorianism; The conversion of Turkestan; Downfall of the Nestorian Church in China; Creed and doctrine of the Nestorians; The travels of the Nestorian Chinese monks, Rabban Sawma and Markos; 1: The travels of Sauma and Mark; The Paiza or Bull of the Mongol kings; 2: The travels of Rabban Sawma; Sawma returns to Mongolia; 3: The patriarchate of Mar Yahbh-Allaha III; The Il-Khans of Persia; The decline of Christianity in Central Asia and China; The modern Nestorians; The creed of Mar Yahbh-Allaha III;Appendix A to IntroductionThe rise and Fall of the first Mongol Empire; The Mongols and Christianity; The Mongol language; The progress of Muhammadanism in the thirteenth centuryAppendix B to IntroductionThe Nestorian stele at Hsi-an-Fu; Translation of the Syriac textChapter 1: The history of Rabban SawmaChapter 2: The history of Mar Yahbh-Allaha, the Catholicus and Patriarch of the EastChapter 3: Rabban Sawma and Rabban Markos wish to go to JerusalemChapter 4: Rabban Mark is ordained Metropolitan, and is called Mar Yahbh-Allaha, and Rabban Sawma becomes Visitor-GeneralChapter 5: Yahbh-Allaha is elected Patriarch Chapter 6: The false accusations which Mar Yahbh suffered in the days of Ahad the kingChapter 7: On the departure of Rabban Sawma to the country of the Romans in the name of King Arghon and of the Catholicus Mar Yahbh-Allaha: The journey of Rabban Sawma; Rabban Sawma in Byzantium; Rabban Sawma in Italy and in great Rome; The belief of Rabban Sawma, which the Cardinals demanded from him; Rabban Sawma in Fransa or Frangistan; Rabban Sawma goes to the King of England [Edward 1]; Rabban Sawma returns to Rome; Thge return of Rabban Sawma from Rome and from Mar Papa the Catholicus Patriarch of the Romans and of all westernsChapter 8: The good acts of King Arghon, and his deathChapter 9: King Kaikhato and Mar Yahbh-AllahaChapter 10: The death of Rabban Sawma and of the kings Kaikhato and BaiduChapter 11: The persecution of Mar Yahbh-Allaha and the Christians in MaraghahChapter 12: King Kazan pays honour to Mar Yahbh-AllahaChapter 13: Further pillage and murder in MaraghahChapter 14: Rebellions and fighting in the fortress of ArbilChapter 15: Mar Yahbh-Allaha flourishes and finishes building the monastery of MaraghahChapter 16: The love of King Kazan for Mar Yahbh-Allaha, and his deathChapter 17: King Uljaito and Mar Yahbh-AllahaChapter 18: The massacre of the Christians at ArbilChapter 19: The death of Mar Yahbh-AllahaBibliographyNotes. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : I.B. Tauris
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (360 pages)
- Subjects:
- 910.4
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
Assyrian Church of the East members -- Travels -- Asia -- Early works to 1800
Mongols -- Travel -- Asia -- Early works to 1800
Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Travel -- Asia
Travel -- Asia - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780755627714
0755627717 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781780764535
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