The primary focus of this article is the information provided in a tomb stele (shendao zhi bei) of a Chinese eunuch, a certain Yang Liangyao (736–806), that will be comparatively analysed against the background of the political landscape under the Chinese Emperor Dezong (Li Gua; 742–805; r. 780– 805), and more specifically against the backdrop of the court’s politics in the face of Tibetan aggression. The stele inscription records the biography of Yang and claims that he was sent as an envoy to the Abbasids (Heiyi dashi; lit. “ Black-dressed Tajik”, i. e. the Arabs) by Emperor Dezong in 785. It seems that the mission was intended to ask the Arabs for military support against the Tibetans. The article intends to complement the preliminary wo...
This article sheds light on the east-west international relations of the first century of the Abbasi...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in thi...
Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598 ProjectAjuts: Research and writing for this article wer...
The primary focus of this book is the information provided in a tomb stele (shendao zhi bei 神道之碑) of...
This paper explores the historical development leading up to the Battle of Talas, which took place i...
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This article proposes a new reading of the Nestorian stele of Chang’an, a Christian monument from th...
According to such Chinese sources as Da Ming Shi Lu and Da Qing Li Chao Shi Lu, several diplomatic m...
Printing technology made great progress in China during the 16-17th centuries. Tong-Bao (Chao Bao, o...
This brief note discusses an unusual source for Ethiopian history ; a very late text which comes fro...
La curiosité géographique de la dynastie T'ang permit à des extraits d'un récit de voyage du VIIIe ...
Because the Ming dynasty forbade private sector trade under its unified tribute system (朝貢一元体制), off...
It has been the conventional opinion of historians studying with both China and Siam that although A...
The success of the Tang Dynasty in quelling the Huang Chao 黄巣 Rebellion (875-884) was in large part ...
This article sheds light on the east-west international relations of the first century of the Abbasi...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in thi...
Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598 ProjectAjuts: Research and writing for this article wer...
The primary focus of this book is the information provided in a tomb stele (shendao zhi bei 神道之碑) of...
This paper explores the historical development leading up to the Battle of Talas, which took place i...
Jao Tsung-I and Léon Vandermeersch Les relations entre la Chine et le monde iranien dans l'Antiquité...
Following the expansion westwards of the Chinese Han Empire at the end of the 1st century AD the Par...
This article proposes a new reading of the Nestorian stele of Chang’an, a Christian monument from th...
According to such Chinese sources as Da Ming Shi Lu and Da Qing Li Chao Shi Lu, several diplomatic m...
Printing technology made great progress in China during the 16-17th centuries. Tong-Bao (Chao Bao, o...
This brief note discusses an unusual source for Ethiopian history ; a very late text which comes fro...
La curiosité géographique de la dynastie T'ang permit à des extraits d'un récit de voyage du VIIIe ...
Because the Ming dynasty forbade private sector trade under its unified tribute system (朝貢一元体制), off...
It has been the conventional opinion of historians studying with both China and Siam that although A...
The success of the Tang Dynasty in quelling the Huang Chao 黄巣 Rebellion (875-884) was in large part ...
This article sheds light on the east-west international relations of the first century of the Abbasi...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in thi...
Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598 ProjectAjuts: Research and writing for this article wer...