A study reveals that Muslims in Mongol-ruled China did not just survive – they flourished by creatively blending Islamic, Persian, Chinese, and Mongol traditions into something entirely new. In 1271, a Persian-speaking Muslim scholar named Jamāl al-Dīn stood before Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor who had just proclaimed the Yuan Dynasty. He carried not weapons … Continue reading The Forgotten Story of Islam’s Golden Age in China