Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar
- Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar
Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar (赛典赤·赡思丁; pinyin: Sàidiǎnchì Zhānsīdīng; 1211 - 1279) was Yunnan's first provincial governor appointed by a Chinese imperial state.
Shams al-Din was a Muslim Khwarezmian from Bukhara, sent to Yunnan by Kublai Khan after quelling a local revolt.
He is identified as the ancestor of many Chinese Hui lineages and that of most of Yunnan's Panthay Hui population.
One of his most prominent descendants was Zheng He, whose courtesy title "Sanbao" may have inspired the Persian tales of Sinbad the Sailor.
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* [http://www.nxnews.net/382/2004-12-22/20@60039.htm History of Shams al-Din and his descendants in Chinese]
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