Haji Zheng He is considered to be the greatest Chinese Admirals of all time. Zheng He happened to be a Muslim who even performed Hajj, hence the name Haji. Above is the map of famous voyages. A number of Chinese Muslims settled in what is now Malaysia and Indonesia as a result of these voyages and were responsible for spreading Islam there.
Assalamualaikum,
Here in Malaysia, we knew him as Laksemana Cheng Ho (Laksemana=Admiral). I learned about him in my primary school history class. I’m not sure whether it is still taught in school now.
Admiral Cheng Ho was believed to have been travelled to Malacca (in Malaysia) several times. There’s even a Cheng Ho Cultural Museum (http://www.chengho.org/museum/) there.
There is also a mosque named after him in Surabaya, Indonesia (http://prestylarasati.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/masjid-cheng-hoo-surabaya/).
Bye
Assalamu alikum wa rahmatullah
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Keep up the good work.
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Dr Rowaa El-Magazy
salam
by the way can u get any chinese islamic books at ur area? we are so lacking of that in singapore.
Selamun Aleyküm
I don’t speak Engilish (very bad)
Do you known II. Abdülhamid and “Darü’l Ulum’il Hamidiye” and ‘Muhammed Ali”?
Assalam alakum , i m form Pakistan , r u form china …. fi amman Allah