苏莱曼·丹吉尔,约9世纪人,是中世纪阿拉伯著名旅行家和著作家。9世纪中叶,他到中国、印度等地经商,归国后于851年将其东游见闻记述下来,写成《中国印度见闻录》一书,成为阿拉伯人关于中国与印度情况的最早记载。在苏莱曼的笔下,尤其保存了许多关于中国沿海商业、交通和法制、物产及文化等忠实可靠的珍贵材料。从9世纪始,穆斯林著作家眼中的中国,是处于阿拉伯之外最伟大的国家,直到14世纪中叶这一看法仍无变化。尽管苏莱曼仅以商人身分来中国游历,但出于对东方文明古国的向往,他对中国的观察是十分细致、准确的,由此使《中国印度见闻录》的材料呈现出丰富多彩和翔实可靠的特色。同时其叙述语言简洁而不凌乱、自然而紧凑,达到文辞朴素无华,苏莱曼因此立于真正著 Suleiman Tangier, about nine century, is a famous medieval Arab traveler and writer. In the mid-9th century, he went to China, India and other places to do business. After returning to China, he wrote down his journey to the east in 851 and wrote the book “China India’s Herald Tribune”. He became the earliest Arab record of China and India. In Sulaiman’s writing, in particular, preserved a lot of faithful and reliable precious materials on China’s coastal commerce, transportation and legal system, property and culture. From the 9th century onwards, the eyes of Muslim writers in China were among the greatest countries outside of Arabia. Until the middle of the 14th century, this view remained unchanged. Although Sulaiman traveled to China only as a merchant, his observation of China was very meticulous and accurate because of his longing for the ancient civilizations in East China. As a result, the material of China India’s Herald Tribune was rich and colorful. Informative and reliable features. At the same time its narrative language is concise and not clutter, natural and compact, to achieve the simplicity of the diction, Suleiman thus stand in the real