The Migration and Acculturation of Islamic People in South China Sea and Southeast Asian Archipelago between the 12th and 16th centuries

本研究项目对中国沿海地区和东南亚群岛的伊斯兰遗址进行了实地考察，并对伊斯兰铭文进行了比较分析，主要是对这些遗址中残留的阿拉伯墓碑进行比较分析。本研究探讨了阿拉伯-波斯移民与海上贸易所连接的各个社会的原住民通过杂交和文化交流而产生的伊斯兰社区之间的联系。通过对该地区伊斯兰碑文文本中获得的周期性和地理学数据的研究，以及对相关中文文献和阿拉伯语和波斯手稿的综合研究，本研究发现了12-16世纪前后散布在南中国海和东南亚群岛广泛地区的伊斯兰社区之间的联系和关系。

This research project undertook the field researches at Islamic sites in the coastal region of China and Southeast Asian Archipelago and comparative analysis on the Islamic inscriptions, mainly on the Arabic tombstones remained in these sites. This study explored interlink among Islamic communities having been emerged as a result of hybridization and cultural exchange between Arab-Persian immigrants and natives in various societies connected by the seaborne trade.Through the researches on periodic and geographic data obtained from the texts of the Islamic inscriptions from the region, together with comprehensive research on relating Chinese documents and Arabic and Persian manuscripts, this study discovered the linkages and relations among the Islamic communities dispersed in wide areas covering South China Sea and Southeast Asian Archipelago around the 12th-16th centuries.