2013/10/21 by Chuan‐Chao Wang, Chuan-Chao Wang, Wang, Chuan-Chao +11 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Chromosomal and Genetic Variations #FOS: Biological sciences #Forensic and Genetic Research #Genetic diversity and population structure #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE) #q-bio.PE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1310.5466
5 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2013/10/21 · openalex publication_date 2013/10/21 · arxiv updated 2013/10/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Sayyid Ajjal is the ancestor of many Muslims in areas all across China. And one of his descendants is the famous Navigator of Ming Dynasty, Zheng He, who led the largest armada in the world of 15th century. The origin of Sayyid Ajjal's family remains unclear although many studies have been done on this topic of Muslim history. In this paper, we studied the Y chromosomes of his present descendants, and found they all have haplogroup L1a-M76, proving a southern Persian origin.