缅甸华人穆斯林研究——曼德勒“潘泰”社群的形成

前殖民时代,“潘泰”是活跃在华南和东南亚北部的出色马帮商人,他们实际控制了整个云南的马帮贸易。从贡榜王朝晚期开始,“潘泰”开始在曼德勒定居。1868年,华人清真寺的建成标志着“潘泰”在曼德勒形成了一个独特的群体。1873年,云南杜文秀起义失败后,大批云南穆斯林逃亡到缅甸,曼德勒“潘泰”的数量逐渐增加。虽然第一代“潘泰”的数量还不多,但是他们保持下来,标志着曼德勒第一批华人穆斯林会众历史的开端。

Study on Chinese Muslims in Burma: Emergence of the Panthay Community in Mandalay

In the pre-colonial times,the Panthays emerged as excellent long-distance caravaneers in Southern China and the northern part of Southeast Asia.They had dominated the whole caravan trade in Yunnan.Beginning from the late Konbaung period,the Panthays started to settle in Mandalay,the royal capital.The establishment of the Panthay Mosque in 1868 marked the emergence of Chinese Muslims as a distinct community in Mandalay.After the failure of uprising led by Tu Wen-hsiu and the mass exodus from Yunnan,the number of Panthays residing in Mandalay gradually increased.Although the number of this first generation of Panthays was small,they kept propagating,which signified the beginning of Panthay Jama'at's history in Mandalay.