خلاصه ماشینی:
Dr. Mashkur writes in the book 'Social History of Iran in Antiquity' that the description written by Chinese ambassadors about the country of Parth is as follows:" "In that land, rice, barley, and wheat were cultivated, and cities had enclosures and walls.
" Gutschmid10, the author of 'History of Iran', using Chinese sources, refers to the relations between the Chinese and the Parthians11: "It seems that the Parthian government of the time did not want the Chinese to know the sea routes, and after a while, another ambassador came and wrote that (Tsin), meaning the Romans, wanted to trade with China via Iran, but the Anxi, meaning the Parthians, were obstructing them and wanted the Chinese silk trade to be conducted through them.
" During the reign of Phraates II, one of the Arsacid kings (108-78 BC), who is mentioned in Chinese documents as Muon-kiu15, the ruler of Tatarstan known as Khan Chao—who might be the famous general Ban Chao—sent representatives on behalf of the Chinese Emperor through Iran to the land of Great Tsin or Rome.
It was not long before Manichaeism became widespread and found a group of sincere supporters and disciples in every corner of the world at that time, and in the year 732 AD, the Emperor of China, who himself followed another religion27, through a decree recognized the Manichaean faith as free and ordered (25)-See History of Sassanid Iranian Civilization, pp.
In the year 638, Yazdegerd sent a representative to the presence of the Emperor of China; Chinese historians have mentioned his name as Mo-se-pan51.