Eid Mubarak from Wang Daiyu

Eid Mubarak to everyone from Wang Daiyu. May you have a blessed Eid.

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Zhao Rugua’s description of Mehmood Ghaznavi

Zhao Rugua (趙汝适) was a customs inspector  in the city of Quanzhou during the time of the Song dynasty who wrote a two-volume book called Zhufan Zhi (諸蕃志) or Chu-fan-chi (Description of the Barbarous Peoples or Records of Foreign Peoples) around the year 1225. It has a description of various countries outside of China. He is [...]

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Ramadan Mubarak 2011

I am a couple of days late but better late than never. Ramadan/Ramazan/Ramajan Mubarak to everyone. P.S: I will be San Francisco from this Thursday 08/04/11 to Tuesday 08/09/11. As usual if anyone wants to meet up, send me a message wangdaiyu [at] gmail [dot] com

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