宋元时期泉州的阿拉伯人

The Arabs Inhabited Quanzhou in Song and Yuan Dynasties

宋元时期,泉州海外贸易非常繁荣,吸引来众多的外国商人,其中阿拉伯人占了大多数,从而形成了阿拉伯人的聚居区——蕃坊。阿拉伯商人在海外贸易中举足轻重,曾控制泉州的对外贸易。宋朝政府为了管理外商,设置了蕃长。元时蕃长又称"亦思巴奚"。蕃长和亦思巴奚,波斯语称为沙班达尔,其渊源可追溯到古代波斯人的海外贸易管理制度。元末,泉州的阿拉伯人发动亦思巴奚之乱,致使泉州的海外贸易遭受严重的破坏,阿拉伯人聚居区也走向消亡,但他们带来的阿拉伯文化对泉州社会生活产生了深远的影响。

In the period from Song Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty,the Overseas Trade of Quanzhou has been very prosperous as a result of attracting masses of the foreign merchants.The Arabs by majority took shape of districts in the name of Fanfang.The Arab merchants played a decisive role in Overseas Trade by dominating foreign trades of Quanzhou.The Song government established Fanzhang to manage foreign merchants.Fanzhang was called i-s-ba-he in Yuan Dynasty.Relatively Shabandar in Farsi represented the same meaning of Fanzhang and i-s-ba-he.By the end of Yuan Dynasty,the Arabs in Quanzhou raised rebellion of i-s-ba-he.As a result,the Overseas Trade of Quanzhou suffered serious devastation.Fanfang of the Arabs moved towards die out.On the contrary,culture of Arab exerted a profound influence on social life of Quanzhou.