元代西方旅行家笔下的杭州穆斯林状况辨析

Re-discussion on the Muslims of Hangzhou in the Records by Odoric and Ibn Batttuta in the Yuan Period

元代西方旅行家鄂多立克和伊本·拔图塔①关于杭州穆斯林的记载,是难得的史料,总的来说和得到汉文文献等其他文献证实的元代杭州穆斯林的基本状况——如穆斯林人口较多、有聚居区、有清真寺——相吻合.但是也有着夸张乃至不实之处,特别突出的是其中关于穆斯林人口非常多的记载.因此,相关的记载并不能作为反映元代杭州穆斯林状况的完全可靠的史料来利用,而只能作为次一等的参考资料来对待.

The records on the Muslims of Hangzhou(Cansay, Quinsai) written by two western travelers, Odoric and Ibn Batttuta, in the Yuan period are rare historical sources. The state of Hangzhou Muslims gotten from those two records, such as higher Muslim population, concentrate residential area, and mosques, fits the basic condition of Hangzhou Muslims based on reliable Chinese sources. But those two records also have exaggerative or mistaken parts, especially about the huge Muslim population. So we can’t take them as the fundamental sources, but as secondary reference data.