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At a glance

Roles: explorer
Region: Southeast Asia · East Africa & Swahili coast · Arabia
Identifiers: Wikidata
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Life in time

The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Barzali, Abu al-Qasim ibn Ahmad · Shams al-Din al-Bisati · Badr al-Din al-Ayni · Shihab al-Din Ibn al-Majdi · Zayn al-Din Ibn 'Ayyash

Travel Trade and finance

Overview

A Chinese Muslim admiral who led the seven treasure voyages (1405–1433) to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; one of the greatest navigators in history. ¹

People and things also explored

Al-Madina Souq, Aleppo· Bazaar of Tabriz· Khan el-Khalili· Al-Hamidiyah Souq· Souq Waqif· Ajr al-mithl (customary wage)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· Akik (the cornelian stone, used in seal-rings)

Sources

Wikidata

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islam.museum contributors. “Zheng He”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zheng-he/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Al-Madina Souq, Aleppo

The world's longest historic covered souq (13 km) in old Aleppo; a large part burned in the 2012 fighting and has been restored.