Persian people
The Arabs from Bukhara were under the leadership of Prince Amir Sayyid "So-fei-er" (). The prince was later given an honorary title. He is reputed of being the "father" of the Muslim community in China. Prior to him Islam was named by the Tang and Song Chinese as the "law of the Arabs" (' ; ' derived from the Chinese rendering of "Tazi" — the name the Persian people used for the Arabs). Su fei-erh renamed it to "the religion of the Huihui" ("" ).