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Xi'an

شيآن

A Chinese city that was the ancient capital of China and the end of the Silk Road; its Great Mosque dates its founding to the eighth century CE.

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Xi'an is a Chinese city, which was the ancient capital of China and the end of the Silk Road. In it is the great mosque, whose foundation dates from the eighth century CE. 1

In the Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, according to the report of Abu Dulaf al-Yanbu'i, a name for the city of the greatest king of China is Hamdan. 2

The link between Hamdan and Xi'an is not certain in the data; an additional source is needed.

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Ma Anliang
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Ma Zhan'ao

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Ma Anliang· Ma Zhan'ao

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  1. GeoNames gazetteer
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.492
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islam.museum contributors. “Xi'an”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/xian/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Ma Anliang

A Chinese Muslim general (1855–1918), the eldest son of Ma Zhan'ao, born with the name Ma Qiwu. As a youth he went to Zuo Zongtang's camp to negotiate his father's defection to the Qing in 1872, then served the Qing and the Republic, and from 1912 until his death at Hezhou on 24 November 1918 he was the de facto senior leader of the Muslims of northwest China.