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Prosperity of Quanzhou Port

Type Event Region China Time 1161–1170

In the 1160s Quanzhou (Zayton) was one of the Southern Song's largest foreign-trade ports, with Arab, Persian, and South Asian merchants, mosques, an…

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  1. 1161–1166Foreign quarter, south of Quanzhou city · FujianArab, Persian, and Dashi merchants resided long-term in Quanzhou; religious buildings such as the Qingjing Mosque attested to the diverse community, and foreign merchants transshipped Song goods from this port to ports across the Indian Ocean.
  2. 1164–1170Quanzhou Port · FujianThe Quanzhou Maritime Trade Office taxed foreign ships; porcelain from kilns in Dehua, Jinjiang, and elsewhere was exported through the port, forming regular shipping routes with Srivijaya, Java, and Dashi ports, making Zayton famous overseas.

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