宋朝末年,正当蒙古铁骑驰骋欧亚大陆时,有位回回携带大量图籍,从西域来到中国。他就是天文学家札马鲁丁。札马鲁丁,又译作札马喇丁。早期事迹不详。据《元史·百官志》记载,他来华后即为朝廷重用。“世祖(忽必烈)在潜邸时,有旨征回回为星学者。札马喇丁等以其艺进,未有官署”。这时,他虽然“未有官署”,但他在天文、历法和地学等方面的学识,却为朝廷器重。 At the end of the Sung Dynasty, while Mongolian cavalry was riding in Eurasia, a bit of a return carrying a large number of map books came to China from the Western Regions. He is an astronomer Samaudin. Samaudin, also translated as Samaritin. Early stories unknown. According to “History of the Yuan Dynasty official records” records, he came to China after the court reuse. “Shizu (Kublai Khan) in the submarine Di, there are signs of recovery for the Star Scholars. Samaladin, etc. by its art, there is no officialdom.” At this time, although he “did not have a government office,” his knowledge of astronomy, calendars and geosciences, however, drew the attention of the court.