Cuma Ozkan

ABD Islam in China,
Teaching Fellow of Religion,
Türkçe @dinler_tarihi
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@danmurrayserter 40

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@DevinFitzger It is easier to accept it after defending it. At least for me, it is much harder to get into that mindset. But thanks for such an important reminder.

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A proselytization poster in Chinese and Arabic from the Republic of China. I wonder who its audience was in China then. Yesu' is used rather than the Qur'anic term 'Isa for Jesus' name.
Source:https://t.co/PEOiS5pjXw

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@xujnx @IranChinaGuy @PhDniX But, the Yangzhou massacre of thousands of bosi and dashi merchants were killed (1), Belitung shipwreck (2), al-sirafi’s accounts of China and India (3) lead me to think that there were Arabo-Persian people in Yangzhou who were primarily engaged with trade.

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@xujnx @IranChinaGuy @PhDniX One possible scenario about the route of the Belitung shipwreck directed me to think there was a porcelain production market for Arabia-Persian customers which designed utensils for the customers’ taste. Yangzhou was a hub to collect commissioned porcelains before heading to GZ.

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@xujnx @IranChinaGuy @PhDniX I first saw a short report in Chinese about unearthing this jar where it says this Arabic inscription means Allah’u akbar. Later I visited the Yangzhou museum where this jar is being displayed and again Allah’u akbar. But it is almost impossible to read it as such. +

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@xujnx What I find fascinating about this ceramic is that Chinese craftsmen copied Arabic inscriptions, despite not quite intelligibly, for the Arabo-Persian market.

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@xujnx @IranChinaGuy @PhDniX But, the Yangzhou massacre of thousands of bosi and dashi merchants were killed (1), Belitung shipwreck (2), al-sirafi’s accounts of China and India (3) lead me to think that there were Arabo-Persian people in Yangzhou who were primarily engaged with trade.

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@xujnx @IranChinaGuy @PhDniX I first saw a short report in Chinese about unearthing this jar where it says this Arabic inscription means Allah’u akbar. Later I visited the Yangzhou museum where this jar is being displayed and again Allah’u akbar. But it is almost impossible to read it as such. +

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@xujnx @IranChinaGuy @PhDniX I am not saying that it is not Arabic but it can hardly be read as allah’u akbar. It might be intended to copy an Arabic calligraphy which reads Allah’u akbar. But, the style of the writing is a good representation of Arabic calligraphy.

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@xujnx @IranChinaGuy @PhDniX One possible scenario about the route of the Belitung shipwreck directed me to think there was a porcelain production market for Arabia-Persian customers which designed utensils for the customers’ taste. Yangzhou was a hub to collect commissioned porcelains before heading to GZ.

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@Frogdeck @xujnx Not by itself. But, we know that thousands of bosi and dashi people were massacred during the local rebellion of Liu Zhan 劉展 in 760 in Yangzhou. Did these people become a part of the maritime trade? Maybe or not.

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@Frogdeck @xujnx Sorry! The same ceramic jar that Jin Xu has shared. I had previously translated that as a water kettle. https://t.co/B6L5umURZi

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@Frogdeck @xujnx This water kettle is the earliest material evidence to the best of my knowledge. It was founded in a tomb dated to the Tang dynasty. Yes, independent cases like this water-kettle and Sirafi's text need to be supported with other types of evidence to make a convincing claim.

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@Frogdeck @xujnx Al-Sirafi's Accounts of China and India is still the major evidence showing this interaction because the text is dated to the mid-ninth century.

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@iandavidmorris @afzaque @xujnx My guess is that Chinese craftsmen decorated this water kettle with a freestyle of copying an Arabic script.

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@xujnx What I find fascinating about this ceramic is that Chinese craftsmen copied Arabic inscriptions, despite not quite intelligibly, for the Arabo-Persian market.

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@staralliance

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The event will soon start on zoom if you are interested in knowing more about Islam in the Qing. “Zhenzhu’s Deputy”: Loyalty and Filiality in The Compass of Islam.
https://t.co/RWiTCycx4X

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@AkyolinEnglish @WSJ @CatoInstitute @CatoPress @AkyolinEnglish should be recognized for his translation Ankara [Ilahiyat] School’s contributions to Islamic studies into the English speaking world.