The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750-1400 (New Approaches to Asian History)

In This Major New History Of Muslim Merchants And Their Trade Links With China, John W. Chaffee Uncovers 700 Years Of History, From The Eighth Century, When Muslim Communities First Established Themselves In Southeastern China, Through The Fourteenth Century, When Trade All But Ceased. These Were Extraordinary And Tumultuous Times. Under The Song And The Mongols, The Muslim Diaspora In China Flourished As Legal And Economic Ties Were Formalized. At Other Times The Muslim Community Suffered Hostility And Persecution. Chaffee Shows How The Policies Of Successive Dynastic Regimes In China Combined With Geopolitical Developments Across Maritime Asia To Affect The Fortunes Of Muslim Communities. He Explores Social And Cultural Exchanges, And How Connections Were Maintained Through Faith And A Common Acceptance Of Muslim Law. This Ground Breaking Contribution To The History Of Asia, The Early Islamic World, And To Maritime History Explores The Networks That Helped To Shape The Premodern World-- The Muslim Merchants Of Premodern China The History Of A Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750-1400 In This Major New History Of Muslim Merchants And Their Trade Links With China, John Chaffee Uncovers 700 Years Of History, From The Eighth Century, When Muslim Communities First Established Themselves In The Southeastern China, Through The Fourteenth Century, When Trade All But Ceased. These Were Extraordinary And Tumultuous Times. Under The Song And The Mongols, The Muslim Diaspora In China Flourished As Legal And Economic Ties Were Formalized. At Other Times The Muslim Community Suffered Hostility And Persecution. Chaffee Shows How The Policies Of Successive Dynastic Regimes In China Combined With Geopolitical Developments Across Maritime Asia To Affect The Fortunes Of Muslim Communities. He Explores Social And Cultural Exchanges, And How Connections Were Maintained Through Faith And A Common Acceptance Of Muslim Law. This Ground- Breaking Contribution To The History Of Asia, The Early Islamic World, And To Maritime History Explores The Networks That Helped To Shape The Pre-modern World. John Chaffee Is Distinguished Service Professor In The Departments Of History And Asian And Asian American Studies At Binghamton. He Also Directs The Institute For Asia And Asian Diasporas. He Co-edited With Professor Denis Twitchett Volume 5 Of The Cambridge History Of China: The Sung Dynasty And Its Precursors, 907-1279, Part 2-- Introduction -- Merchants Of An Imperial Trade -- The Reorientation Of Trade -- The Maturation Of Merchant Communities -- The Mongols And Merchant Power -- Endings And Continuities. John W. Chaffee. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 181-196) And Index. "The Muslim Merchants of Pre-Modern China The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750-1400 In this major new history of Muslim merchants and their trade links with China, John Chaffee uncovers 700 years of history, from the eighth century, when Muslim communities first established themselves in the Southeastern China, through the fourteenth century, when trade all but ceased. These were extraordinary and tumultuous times. Under the Song and the Mongols, the Muslim diaspora in China flourished as legal and economic ties were formalized. At other times the Muslim community suffered hostility and persecution. Chaffee shows how the policies of successive dynastic regimes in China combined with geopolitical developments across maritime Asia to affect the fortunes of Muslim communities. He explores social and cultural exchanges, and how connections were maintained through faith and a common acceptance of Muslim law. This ground- breaking contribution to the history of Asia, the early Islamic world, and to maritime history explores the networks that helped to shape the pre-modern world. John Chaffee is Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of History and Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton. He also directs the Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas. He co-edited with Professor Denis Twitchett Volume 5 of The Cambridge History of China: The Sung dynasty and its precursors, 907-1279, Part 2"-- Provided by publisher Half title 2 Series page 3 Title page 6 Imprints page 7 Contents 9 Figures 10 Maps 11 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction 19 1 Merchants of an Imperial Trade 37 Persians, Arabs and Muslims 39 The Way to China and Its Trade 50 Tang Supervision of Maritime Trade 60 Merchant Life in China 63 The Waxing and Waning of the Settlements 74 2 The Reorientation of Trade 103 Southeast Asian Transformations 105 The Southern Kingdoms and the Revival of Trade 117 Trade and Tribute in the Early Song 121 3 The Maturation of Merchant Communities 146 The New Maritime Trading System 147 The Song Promotion of Trade 157 Maritime Merchant Communities 163 Governance, Law and Residence 168 The Foreign Merchant Elite 182 The Thirteenth-Century World and the Muslim Trade Diaspora 199 4 The Mongols and Merchant Power 228 The Mongols’ Management of Trade 231 Patterns of Commerce 239 The Yuan Maritime Emporia 246 Muslim Communities 250 Dynasty’s End 271 5 Endings and Continuities 295 Diasporic Transformations 297 Sino-Muslims in Southeast Asia 305 The Muslim Trade Diaspora through History 313 Bibliography 326 Chinese Primary Sources 327 Arab and Other Western Primary Sources in Translation 331 Secondary Sources 333 Index 361