RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rabban Bar Sauma

1220 - 1294

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Rabban Bar Ṣawma (Syriac language: ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ, [rɑbbɑn bɑrsˤɑwma]; c. 1220 – January 1294), also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma (simplified Chinese: 拉班·扫马; traditional Chinese: 拉賓掃務瑪; pinyin: lābīn sǎowùmǎ), was a Uyghur or Ongud monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in China. He is known for embarking on a pilgrimage from Yuan China to Jerusalem with one of his students, Markos (later Patriarch Yahballaha III). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rabban Bar Sauma has received more than 288,849 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Rabban Bar Sauma is the 1,771st most popular religious figure (down from 1,436th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from China (down from 565th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 1,771 out of 3,187. Before him are Geminianus, Bezalel, Adolfo Nicolás, Manuel Clemente, Paul Augustin Mayer, and Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz. After him are Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Clodoald, Joseph Cardijn, Michele Rua, and Michał Sopoćko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 19. Before him are Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Irene Komnene Doukaina, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia, and Joan, Countess of Toulouse. After him are Hugh, Count of Burgundy, and George Mouzalon. Among people deceased in 1294, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 8. Before him are Brunetto Latini, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, John I, Duke of Brabant, Safi al-Din al-Urmawi, Al-Busiri, and Dmitry of Pereslavl.

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In China

Among people born in China, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 681 out of 1,610. Before him are Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa (1924), Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Wu Zhen (1280), Yi-Fu Tuan (1930), Tan Sitong (1865), and Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510). After him are Zeng Qinghong (1939), Hai Rui (1514), Lau Kar-leung (1934), Zhang Guotao (1897), Xin Qiji (1140), and Xu Wei (1521).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 15. Before him are Shaohao (null), Jianzhen (688), Sengcan (529), Gan Ji (101), Mang of Xia (null), and Yijing (635). After him are Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Witness Lee (1905), Hsing Yun (1927), Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), John Baptist Wu (1925), and Paul Yü Pin (1901).

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