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A frontier administrative city in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu, gateway between China proper and Central Asia, connected to Ningxia and northwestern trade routes. It functioned as both a military outpost and commercial node, with officials overseeing regional trade including pharmaceuticals sourced from Dunhuang. Syriac Christian monks referred to as “Persian monks” served as government officials in Ganzhou and engaged in state-supervised trade, confirming the Xi’an Stele’s implication of Christian communities integrated into frontier commerce.3

Names

  • Ganzhou1, 2

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 38.9363126000° Long. 100.4550362000°1
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  • 1 Ian Mladjov, Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 11. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 2 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, Index of Maps, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), p: 827. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 3 Matteo Nicolini-Zani, The Luminous Way to the East: Texts and History of the First Encounter of Christianity with China, trans. William Skudlarek (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022), chapter: 1.1. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

David A. Michelson et al., “Ganzhou” last modified April 21, 2026, http://syriaca.org/place/4359.

Bibliography:

David A. Michelson et al., “Ganzhou.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2026. Entry published April 21, 2026. http://syriaca.org/place/4359.

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Entry Title: Ganzhou

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  • Abstract added by Louis Wu
  • Data merging and TEI encoded by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov

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