The history of Islam in China began when four Sahabas- Sa`d ibn abi Waqqas (b. 594 – d. 674 AD), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Jahsh preached in 616/17 and onwards in China after coming from Chittagong-Kamrup-Manipur route after sailing from Abyssinia in 615/16. Sa'ad ibn abi Waqqas again headed for China for the third time in 650–51 after Caliph Uthman asked him to lead an embassy to China, which the Chinese emperor received warmly.
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