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CMS Seminar: “Islamic Connections Between India and China During the Song and Yuan Periods” by Tansen Sen, NYU/Shanghai

Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Morrill Hall, 404

The tenth and eleventh centuries witnessed a precipitous surge in maritime commercial links between the coastal regions of India and China. The networks of Muslim merchants were intimately involved in these commercial activities. These traders also participated in the diplomatic exchanges, often representing Indian polities at the Song court in China. The role of Muslim traders and court officials in such exchanges expanded over the next two-three centuries. This presentation focuses on three episodes to demonstrate the important role of Muslim traders, officials, and preachers in linking India and China between the tenth and fourteenth centuries. The first focuses on the role of Muslim traders in the commercial and diplomatic exchanges between the Chola court in southern India and Song China. The second episode deals with the defection of a Muslim official from the Ma’bar polity to Yuan China. The third examines the writings of Ibn Battuta on the Islamic connections between the Delhi Sultanate and the southern coastal region of Yuan China.           

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Event Type

Lecture

Departments

Near Eastern Studies, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Asian Studies, History, Comparative Muslim Societies Program, Southeast Asia Program, Global Learning, Global Cornell, South Asia Program

Contact E-Mail

et54@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Eric Tagliacozzo

Speaker

Tansen Sen

Speaker Affiliation

Director, Center for Global Asia, NYU/Shanhai

Disability Access Information

Building is wheelchair accessible

Open To

Free and Open to Public

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