Yeheidie'erding

Yeheidie'erding (Chinese: 也黑迭兒丁; pinyin: Yěhēidié'érdīng, ? – 1312), also known as Amir al-Din (Arabic: أمير الدين, Amīr al-Dīn), was a Muslim architect who helped design and led the construction of the capital of the Yuan dynasty, Khanbaliq, located in present-day Beijing, the current capital of the People's Republic of China.^[1]^[2] According to Cary Y. Liu interpretation of the Ma-ho-ma-sha Stele inscription, either Amir al-Din's ancestors came from the Western Regions, although originating from Arabia, or that he directly came from Arabia.^[3]

^ People's Daily Online: The Hui ethnic minority
^ Lynn, Aliya Ma (2007). Muslims in China. University of Indianapolis Press. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-88093-861-7.
^ Liu, Cary Y. (1992). "The Yüan Dynasty Capital, Ta-tu: Imperial Building Program and Bureaucracy". T'oung Pao. 78 (4/5): 277. ISSN 0082-5433.

[1] People's Daily Online: The Hui ethnic minority

[2] Lynn, Aliya Ma (2007). Muslims in China. University of Indianapolis Press. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-88093-861-7.

[3] Liu, Cary Y. (1992). "The Yüan Dynasty Capital, Ta-tu: Imperial Building Program and Bureaucracy". T'oung Pao. 78 (4/5): 277. ISSN 0082-5433.

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