books.google.co.uk - The first encounters between the Islamic world and Tibet took place in the course of the expansion of the Abbasid Empire in the eighth century. Military and political contacts went along with an increasing interest in the other side. Cultural exchanges and the transmission of knowledge were facilitated...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Islam_and_Tibet.html?id=ZfWXIfbynwYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIslam and Tibet
