Debate between Catholics (left) and Church of the East Christians (right) in the 13th century. Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem circa 1290.
ʿIsa Tarsah Kelemechi[1] (simplified Chinese: 爱薛; pinyin: Àixuē, fl. 1248–1312) was a Church of the East astronomer and physician[2] at the Yuan court of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire in the 13th century.
^Foltz, Richard, Religions of the Silk Road, Palgrave Macmillan, 2nd edition, 2010 ISBN 978-0-230-62125-1, pp. 125–126
^Atwood, Christopher Pratt (2004). Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. Facts On File. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8160-4671-3.
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