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Pu Shougeng
Prominent Arab-descended maritime magnate and trade superintendent who dominated Quanzhou (Zaiton) port commerce.
Mural guide
On a river quay, loaded camels rest before a warehouse of stacked bales, with a balance scale and abacus on a table and green ceramic jars in front; porters carry bundles toward a large sailing ship on the right, and blank banners hang at the warehouse.
Also known as Superintendent Pu
Pu Shougeng (c. 1205 CE–1290 CE) was an Arab-descended merchant prince and maritime official in Quanzhou. Controlling merchant shipping and customs revenues, his alliance with Yuan dynasty accelerated Quanzhou's rise as a major maritime hub.
Life and times
- 1205 CEBorn
Song
Yuan - 1277Quanzhou Zayton as Global Hub
Known internationally as Zayton, Quanzhou was a major maritime trade center linking Song-Yuan China to overseas networks from the tenth through fourteenth centuries.- Yuan Quanzhou Becomes a Global Portc. 1277Under the Yuan Maritime Customs, Quanzhou (Zayton) handled hundreds of oceanic spice fleets, acclaimed by Marco Polo as the greatest trading hub in the world.
- Yuan Quanzhou Becomes a Global Port
- 1290 CEDied
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