Title: THE MING COURT AS PATRON OF THE CHINESE
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE: THE CASE STUDY OF THE DAXUEXI MOSQUE IN XI’AN
Author(s): Hamada M. HAGRAS
Journal: SHEDET(Annual Peer-Reviewed Journal Issued
By The Faculty Of Archaeology, Fayoum University)
Issue: 6 Date: 2019
Pages: 134-158
Cite as: Hamada M. HAGRAS(2019).THE MING COURT AS
PATRON OF THE CHINESE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE: THE CASE STUDY OF THE DAXUEXI MOSQUE
IN XI’AN.SHEDET(Annual Peer-Reviewed Journal Issued By The Faculty Of
Archaeology, Fayoum University), 6 (2019) pp. 134-158.10.36816/shedet.006.08
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THE MING COURT AS PATRON OF THE CHINESE ISLAMIC
ARCHITECTURE: THE CASE STUDY OF THE DAXUEXI MOSQUE IN XI’AN
Hamada M. HAGRAS
10.36816/shedet.006.08
The Daxuexi Alley Mosque in Xi'an was rebuilt during the Yongle reign
(1402-1424). The JiajingStela was erected in 1523 A.D. to record the
architectural works that performed for the mosque through the ages the
reconstruction of the mosque which dominated by Admiral Zheng He, who was an
influential eunuch of the Ming court during the first half of the 15th century.
The inscription itself was composed by another important Chinese Muslim, Hassan.
The Jiajing Stele is an important document for the research of the architecture
arts and history of Chinese Muslims. The author’s ongoing research project
attempts to examine the architecture of the Mosque during the Ming period
(1368-1644). As this field of historical study lacks effective extual sources,
this study uses epigraphic sources to examine historical events within the text
and explain its historical value.