Domiyat

Egyptian Muslim Admiral and explorer

Domiyat was an Egyptian admiral, sea captain, and explorer of the Fatimid Caliphate.

In 1008, Domiyat traveled to the Buddhist pilgrimage site in Shandong, China, to seek out the Chinese Emperor Zhenzong with gifts from his ruler Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.[1][2] His arrival successfully reopened diplomatic relations between Egypt and China that had been lost since the collapse of the Tang dynasty. Egypt became one of only a few countries in the Middle East to establish relations with China in the pre-modern period.[2]

References

  1. ^ Shen, Fuwei (1996). Cultural Flow Between China and Outside World Throughout History. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-7-119-00431-0.
  2. ^ a b Duan, Jiuzhou (2021). "China–Egypt Relations During the BRI Era and Beyond". In Fulton, Jonathan (ed.). Routledge Handbook on China–Middle East Relations. London: Routledge. pp. 126–136. doi:10.4324/9781003034520-11. ISBN 9781003034520. S2CID 244880753.
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