Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The merchant Soleyman visited China around the middle of the ninth century. He went there by sea and landed at a town which he calls Kanfou, situated several days' journey from the sea. Renaudot and Deguignes believed he meant Canton, but Reinaud is of the opinion that Soleyman landed at Hang chou fu . Another Arabian merchant, Ibn Vahab, visited and described China in 872 AD and was received by the Emperor. It appears from the relations given by these two travelers that the Arabs at that time carried on commerce with the Chinese by sea. The Chinese records do not mention this. Only in one instance is it said that the Arabs and Persians together AD 758 sacked and burned the city of Kuang chou and went back by sea. The Chinese text says: $£ Ttj" }
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- v=snippet&q=arabs%20persians%20together%20758%20sacked%20burned%20kuang%20chou%20&f=false quote "The merchant Soleyman visited China around the middle of the ninth century. He went there by sea and landed at a town which he calls Kanfou, situated several days' journey from the sea. Renaudot and Deguignes believed he meant Canton, but Reinaud is of the opinion that Soleyman landed at Hang chou fu . Another Arabian merchant, Ibn Vahab, visited and described China in 872 AD and was received by the Emperor. It appears from the relations given by these two travelers that the Arabs at that time carried on commerce with the Chinese by sea. The Chinese records do not mention this. Only in one instance is it said that the Arabs and Persians together AD 758 sacked and burned the city of Kuang chou and went back by sea. The Chinese text says: $£ Ttj".