The Book of China: A Persian Merchant's Description of the Ming State for the Ottoman Court

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Author/Contributor(s): Hemmat, Kaveh
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 11/10/2026
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
In the early sixteenth century, a Persian-speaking Muslim merchant traveled to China and stayed for six years. In a treatise presented to the rulers of the Ottoman Empire, he laid out his observations--here translated in full into English for the first time.