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Retrieved October 19, 2007.

  • ↑Zheng He's Inscription, the Regents of the University of Minnesota. When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405–1433. Oxford University Press. On his return trip from China, Parameswara was so impressed by Zheng He that he adopted the name Sultan Iskandar Shah.

    Life

    Zheng He was born in 1371 of the Hui ethnic group in Kunyang (昆阳), Jinning (晋宁), modern-day Yunnan Province (雲南),[2][3] one of the last possessions of the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty before being conquered by the Ming Dynasty.

    His parental family was greatly respected in Kunyang for its pious religious beliefs.

    The Ming Army attacked Yunnan in 1381, and the eleven-year old Ma Sanbao was captured, castrated and brought to the palace of the Prince of Yan (later the Yongle Emperor) to serve as a eunuch.

    In the battle of Zhengzhou (presently Renqiu of Hebei Province), Ma helped the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, to seize the throne of Emperor Jianwen.

    The new emperor suspended all expeditions. Zheng He died during the treasure fleet's last voyage. He became a close confidant of Prince of Yen. In 1400, the Prince of Yen revolted against his nephew, the Jianwen (Chien-wen) Emperor (建文帝; the second Emperor of the Ming dynasty, personal name Zhu Yunwen), and took the throne in 1402 as the Yongle Emperor]] (永楽帝) of China (reigned 1403–1424, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty).

    ISBN 0195112075.

  • Ma, Huan. His family name "Ma" came from Shams al-Din's fifth son Masuh (Mansour). On his return, the Aden Kingdom presented unicorns, Maldive lions and Barawa ostriches to the Ming emperor.

    The Sixth Voyage

    On September 30th, 1421, Zheng left China with a fleet of ships to escort foreign envoys home.

    muchang zheng he biography

    China Sea traveling is done in Chinese ships only, so we shall describe their arrangements. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

  • ↑The Seventh and Final Grand Voyage of the Treasure Fleet, The Mariners' Museum. Animals were sacrificed, Parameswara was granted a two-piece gold-embroidered suit of clothing with dragon motifs, Kylin robe, gold and silverware, silk lace bed quilt, and gifts for all officials and followers.

    Instead of staying at Calicut as he had on previous voyages, Zheng He and his fleet also sailed to the Maldives and Laccadive Islands to the Hormuz on the Persian Gulf.9 Along the way, they traded goods like silk and spices with rulers of other countries. By the time he returned, the emperor had died. On July 9th, 1411, Zheng was presented with relics from the Buddha via Ceylon, while on his way home.

    The Fourth Voyage

    Over 27,670 crewmen were enrolled on Zheng He's fourth journey to the West, which departed in November 1413.

    These vessels are built in the towns of Zaytun and Sin-Kalan. The length of the treasure ships would have been equivalent to that of the first generation aircraft carriers in the early twentieth century. In his book The Overall Survey of the Ocean Shores (Chinese: 瀛涯勝覽) written in 1416, Ma Huan gave very detailed accounts of his observations of the peoples' customs and lives in ports they visited.

    On his return he touched at Samudra, on the northern tip of Sumatra. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

  • ↑[1] Zheng He Exhibitions at Singapore National Library.