Domiyat

{{Short description|Egyptian Muslim Admiral and explorer}}

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| occupation = Admiral, Sea Captain, Explorer

| language = Arabic

| nationality = Egyptian

| period = 11th century

| genre = Travel literature

| notableworks = Account of his voyage to China

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Domiyat was an Egyptian admiral, sea captain, and explorer of the Fatimid Caliphate.

In 1008, Domiyat traveled to the Buddhist pilgrimage site in Shandong, China, to seek out the Chinese Emperor Zhenzong with gifts from his ruler Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.{{Cite book |last=Shen |first=Fuwei |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_MuAQAAIAAJ |title=Cultural Flow Between China and Outside World Throughout History |date=1996 |publisher=Foreign Languages Press |isbn=978-7-119-00431-0 |location=Beijing |pages=158 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Duan |first=Jiuzhou |title=Routledge Handbook on China–Middle East Relations |date=2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781003034520 |editor-last=Fulton |editor-first=Jonathan |location=London |pages=126–136 |language=en |chapter=China–Egypt Relations During the BRI Era and Beyond |doi=10.4324/9781003034520-11 |chapter-url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003034520-11/china%E2%80%93egypt-relations-bri-era-beyond-duan-jiuzhou |s2cid=244880753}} His arrival successfully reopened diplomatic relations between Egypt and China that had been lost since the collapse of the Tang dynasty. Egypt became one of only a few countries in the Middle East to establish relations with China in the pre-modern period.