Quanzhou (Zaytun), Also Zaytun, Zayton

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CityAlso Zaytun, Zayton

Quanzhou (Zaytun)تشيوانتشو

The great medieval port Arab sailors called Zaytun.

Muslim merchants made Quanzhou their home; its Qingjing mosque dates from 1009. Tradition says two Companions of the Prophet ﷺ are buried on Lingshan hill. Ibn Battuta landed here in 1345 and called its harbour one of the greatest in the world.

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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

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