Diplomacy and Trade in the Chinese World, 589-1276

kashmir and afghanistan 351 T’ang court offered regional objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5026; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 337:45b). In th ...

352 kashmir and afghanistan 34b, envoys from Gilgit arrived three times between 696 and 741. Four missions are recorded. The sta ...

the middle east 353 The Middle East Persia. For the Six Dynasties, three missions are recorded from Persia (Po-ssu) to Liang fro ...

354 the middle east founded there by Tahir in 820, which only nominally recognized the caliphate. The missions consequently were ...

the middle east 355 In the 3rd month (Mar./Apr.) of 708, envoys from Persia were received at the court (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5026 ...

356 the middle east In the 8th month (Aug./Sep.) of 759, Persia presented regional objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5031). In the 5t ...

the middle east 357 court on Aug.25, 651 (Chiu T’ang shu 4:3a; 198:17a; Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5025). In the 6th month (July/Aug.) ...

358 the middle east Courageous Garrison (T’ang hui-yao 100:12b; Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5028; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 339:56a).^10 In t ...

the middle east 359 In the 12th month (Dec./Jan., 773) of the Chinese year 772, Arab envoys offered gifts (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5 ...

360 the middle east On May 31, 976, the envoy P’u-hsi-mi from the king (caliph) of the Arab State offered regional objects (Sung ...

the middle east 361 dragon salt, drugs, white granulated sugar, dates, schisandra chinensis seeds, peaches, 20 bottles of rose w ...

362 the middle east (Sung shih 7:15b; 490:19b; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 339:56b).^23 When Chen-tsung performed the feng and shan sac ...

the middle east 363 of a Liao court noble was enfeoffed as a princess and married to him (Liao shih 16:5b). In the 11th month (D ...

364 the middle east jade, pearls, and other valuables (Sung shih 490:21a; Sung hui-yao kao, chüan 20,522). On Dec.17, 1131, the ...

the middle east 365 recorded to have brought gifts from the caliphs to the imperial court. They may have doubled as envoys or po ...

366 the middle east Sung, only about 10 of the 47 missions could theoretically have come by land.^29 While these statistics are ...

the middle east 367 In 667,^33 envoys from Fu-lin presented theriaca^34 (Chiu T’ang shu 198:16b). In 701, envoys from Fu-lin wer ...

368 the middle east Since Fu-lin and China had nothing in common, the link between them, at least from the Chinese point of view ...

the middle east 369 1047- 1066: 3 1067- 1086: 7 1087- 1106: 7 1107- 1126: 1 1127- 1146: 3 1147- 1166: 0 1167- 1186: 1 1187- 1206 ...

370 the middle east Felines 693: one lion from the Arabs (rejected). 719: 2 lions from Fu-lin. 722: one lion from Persia. 747: 4 ...