Islam during the Tang dynasty

The history of Islam in China goes back to the earliest years of Islam. According to the Chinese Old book of Tang[1] Muslim missionaries reached China through an embassy sent by ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (644–656), the third rāshidūn caliph, in 651 CE, less than twenty years after the death of Muhammad (632 CE) in the second year of the third Tang Dynasty Emperor.[2] Saʿd ibn Abī Waḳḳāṣ, the maternal uncle and second cousin of Muhammad, was sent with a delegation to meet the Emperor Gaozong of Tang. The construction of Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou, the first mosque in the country, is attributed to him.[3]

  1. ^ Lei, W. A. N. The First Chinese Travel Record on the Arab World: Commercial and Diplomatic Communications during the Islamic Golden Age. مركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الإسلامية. ISBN 978-603-8206-21-8.
  2. ^ "伊斯兰教传入中国的两个阶段". sa.china-embassy.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  3. ^ Lipman 1997, p. 25