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Rabban Bar Sauma

a Turkic Chinese monk turned diplomat of the Nestorian Church of the East in China
Person Human Q721469

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
1220
Date of death
1294
Place of birth
Zhongdu
Place of death
Baghdad
Country of citizenship
Yuan dynasty[7]
Occupation
explorer, diplomat
Position held
ambassador[8]
Religion or worldview
Nestorianism[9]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
Different from
Barsauma of Nisibis[13]
Residence
Baghdad[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rabban Bar Sauma ar رابان صاوما cs Rabban Cauma cs Sawma Rabban fa رابان بار ساوما fi Rabban Sauma he רבן בר סאומה ja ラッバーン・バール・サウマ ko 라반 바르 사우마 pl Rabban Bar Sauma pl Bar Sauma ru Бар Саума ru Раббан Бар Саума ru Раббан Саума zh 列班·扫马 zh 巴·掃馬 zh 扫马 zh 拉班·巴·掃馬 zh 拉班·扫马 zh 拉班·掃馬
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000014033285
VIAF cluster ID
45104887
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n91127261
GND ID
119125617
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
133212814
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00404057
DDB person (GND) ID
119125617
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119125617
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
31Cwtc
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
88556
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Rabban-bar-Sauma
FAST ID
1846046
Show all 25 identifiers +13
Freebase ID
/m/04kxkk
IdRef ID
151543712
IxTheo authority ID
079920306
J9U entity ID
987007271231605171
KBR person ID
14509339
NLAI ID
58850
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
10816134X
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
2663784
Parsifal cluster ID
6504
SBN author ID
UBOV148831
Syriac Biographical Dictionary ID
721
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbM4qMB4v8wKr89c83YT3
Yale LUX ID
person/50bc2d13-94d7-4ae4-a01c-a0c1d9f4cab3

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
diplomat, explorer
Country of citizenship 1
Yuan dynasty
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Different from 1
Barsauma of Nisibis
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Zhongdu
Place of death 1
Baghdad
Position held 1
ambassador
Religion or worldview 1
Nestorianism
Residence 1
Baghdad
Sex or gender 1
male
← Different from 1
Barsauma of Nisibis
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Summary

Rabban Bar Sauma was born in 1220[1] in Zhongdu[2]. He died in 1294[3] in Baghdad[4]. He worked as an explorer[5] and diplomat[6].

FAQs

Where was Rabban Bar Sauma born?

Rabban Bar Sauma was born in Zhongdu[2].

Where did Rabban Bar Sauma die?

Rabban Bar Sauma died in Baghdad[4].

What did Rabban Bar Sauma do for work?

Rabban Bar Sauma worked as an explorer[5] and diplomat[6].

Related Entities

Yuan dynasty

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 31Cwtc
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 6504
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 6504, batch #259855"
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