Rabban Bar Sauma (c. 1220-1294) is the Marco Polo of the East, and yet is relatively unknown.
拉班·巴·索玛(c . 1220—1294)是东方的马可·波罗，但是相对来说还是鲜为人知的。
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The mission bore no fruit, but in his later years in Baghdad, Rabban Bar Sauma documented his lifetime of travel.
这个任务并无成果，但是在后来在巴格达的那些日子里，拉班·巴·索玛记录了他一生的旅行。
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Markos was eventually chosen as Nestorian Patriarch, and later suggested his teacher, Rabban Bar Sauma, be sent on another mission, as Mongol ambassador to Europe.