Historical Sciences Studies

“Māchin” and “Khίtā” in the Geographical Conception of Muslims

Mohammad Bagher Vosoughi; mehran rezaei

Volume 12, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 195-217

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2020.308536.473300

Abstract

Persians, as cultural and economic mediators between the east and west, caused cultural exchanges between China and the western world. Up to the 16th century, Chinese culture and civilization ... Read More

The Functions and Scope of Authority of “Majles-e Behesht-Ayin” (The Royal Assembly of the Safavid Senior Officials)

Ali Mashhadi Rafi; Mohammad Bagher Vosoughi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , March 2020, , Pages 231-250

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2019.281743.473120

Abstract

The Safavid government, like many other monarchies in the history of Iran, had a bureaucratic and patrimonial structure. Although such a political system appears at first glance to ... Read More

The Characteristics of the Centre for transcription of the Persian educational Texts in China

Mohammad Bagher Vosoughi; Mehran Rezaei

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 123-141

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2018.233292.472816

Abstract

Persian language has a special place in the religious education of Muslim Muslims, known as "mosque training" and found a special place as the religious language of "Hui Hui" people, ... Read More Persian language has a special place in the religious education of Muslim Muslims, known as "mosque training" and found a special place as the religious language of "Hui Hui" people, the most important recognized Chinese Muslim people. The Muslim community of "Hui Hui" was not able to make contact with other Muslim societies from the 10th century AH onwards as a result of internal political developments in China as well as major changes in the political geography of the Islamic world, especially in the Transoxiana. Therefore, it inevitably sought to meet its basic religious needs as a self-sufficient community among other Chinese minorities and produced books and teaching materials in order to maintain Islamic traditions. During this period, many Islamic texts in Arabic and Persian were rewritten and copied in religious schools of "Hui Hui" by Chinese Muslim clergymen. Most copies written in China had educational purposes and were used for teaching religious sciences in mosques. The religious education of the Muslim Hui Hui community is known as "mosque teaching" and is related to the naturalization period of "Hui Hui" people. This period started in the first half of the 10th century AH with the formation and development of "Mosque teaching" in Muslim communities in China and its different states and continued, more or less, until the present era. With the expansion of "mosque teaching" centers to the Muslim areas of China, of Chinese Muslims underwent major changes influenced by local traditions, and religious texts written in China gradually possessed specific characteristics in terms of "form", "function", "script", and "decoration." The characteristics of the copies written in China and their high quantity are such that they can be referred to as "the center for copying Persian educational texts in China." This paper aims to study the most important features of "the center for transcription of the Persian educational texts in China" as a historical issue and a preliminary plan using some manuscripts available in China and other research centers.

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Author = Mohammad Bagher Vosoughi

“Māchin” and “Khίtā” in the Geographical Conception of Muslims

Abstract

The Functions and Scope of Authority of “Majles-e Behesht-Ayin” (The Royal Assembly of the Safavid Senior Officials)

Abstract

The Characteristics of the Centre for transcription of the Persian educational Texts in China

Abstract