Islamic era Sino-Persian relations
tang sancai vase displaying central asian , persian influence. 8-9th century. guimet museum.
after islamic conquest of persia, persia continued flourish during islamic golden age , relations china continued. in 751, abbasid caliphate ruled persia in dispute tang dynasty of china control of syr darya region during battle of talas. commander of abbasid army zayid ibn salih, persian, while commanders of tang army gao xianzhi, goguryo korean, alongside li siye , duan xiushi, both chinese. after abbasids won battle, relations improved , there no more conflicts between china , persians.
a large number of central asian , persian soldiers, experts, , artisans recruited mongol yuan dynasty of china. of them, known semu ( assorted officials ) occupied important official posts in yuan state administration. 1 of famous settlers persia sayyid ajjal shams al-din omar, identified ancestor of many chinese hui lineages , of yunnan s panthay hui population. famous descendant zheng he, became ming dynasty s famous explorer.
relations continued during ming dynasty.
the famous maragheh observatory in maragheh, iran, known have had chinese astronomers working there alongside iranian astronomers, , iranian astronomical instruments being used astronomers in china. safavid iranian art partly influenced chinese art extent. shah abbas had hundreds of chinese artisans in capital esfahan. 300 chinese potters produced glazed tile buildings, , hundreds of others produced metalwork, miniature paintings, calligraphy, glasswork, tile work, , pottery. e. sykes s persia , people : in seventeenth century, shah abbas imported chinese workmen country teach subjects art of making porcelain, , chinese influence strong in designs on ware. chinese marks copied, scratch article means of proving of persian manufacture, chinese glaze, hard iron, take no mark.
of chinese li family in quanzhou, li nu, son of li lu, visited hormuz in persia in 1376, married persian or arab girl, , brought quanzhou. li nu ancestor of ming dynasty reformer li chih.
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