唐宋时期留居广州的外国穆斯林商人

Foreign Muslim Merchants Inhabited in Guangzhou in Tang and Song Dynasties

唐宋时期,来华贸易的穆斯林商人大都富有,他们在香料、珠宝行业占据着举足轻重的地位。虽然中国史籍中有关他们的记载很少,但零星的片段使我们对于他们的事迹稍有了解。广州曾有蒲希密、蒲亚里、辛押陁罗等著名外国穆斯林商人,他们对海外贸易贡献显著。从蒲希密的故事,可以了解到十世纪末年广州存在着蕃长,蕃长的职责之一就是招徕外国商人来华贸易。从辛押陁罗的故事,可以对伊斯兰教法的遗产分配和辛押陁罗和养子之间的"瓦拉"关系进行了诠释。

In Tang and Song dynasties,most Muslim merchants,who did business in China,were rich.They played a key role in the dealings of perfumes and jewels.Though there was little record about them in Chinese historic documents.The sporadic patches offer us some understanding about their activities.In Guangzhou some foreign Muslim merchants were quite famous——Pu Ximi,,Pu Yali,Xin Yatuoluo,et al.They had contributed to foreign trade prominently.Form the story of Pu Ximi,we got to know that at the end of 10th century,there was a post named as'Fan Zhang',one of his duties is to attract foreign merchants to do business in China.From the story of Xin Yatuoluo,we can interpret the Islamic law of inheritance distribution and the'Wala'relationship between Xin Yatuoluo and his adopted son.