Falling Out of Love with the Franks
The Life and Writings of an Armenian Catholic Diplomat in the Service of Late Safavid Persia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9978829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry Randel Shapiro (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 573-603 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2020.1743171 |
| OpenAlex | W3022536509 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This article provides a biographical vignette of the Armenian merchant and diplomat Eḷia of Erzurum (1689–1750?), based on his unpublished Armenian chronicle and personal documents which are housed in Russian archives. Eḷia’s biography demonstrates the growing influence of European missionaries and states in the eighteenth-century Ottoman and Safavid empires, while his documents yield a fresh perspective on late Safavid diplomacy and modes of socialization with Christians. Eḷia suffered twelve years of imprisonment in Russia and great disappointment seeking work in Europe. His last known act was to write a scathing critique of Roman Catholic religion and culture. In sum, Eḷia’s life provides an opportunity for exploring the dynamic of global connection and disconnection in the early modern Islamic world
Ancient history · Armenian · Art history · Biography · Diplomacy · Disappointment · Imprisonment · Islam · Political science · Politics · Seclusion · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Psychology
Catholics and Sultans
Persia in Crisis
Iran
Contested Conversions to Islam
Brokering Empire
Armenians, Diplomats, and Commercial Agents of Shah ʿAbbās
Space, Sociality, and Sources of Pleasure
Explaining Nadir Shah
The Role of Azerbaijani Turkish in Safavid Iran
From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean
The Second Ottoman Empire
Renaissance self-fashioning
Where Ilm-i Hal Meets Catechism
The Secret Life of Elias of Babylon and the Uses of Global Microhistory
The Afghan Occupation of Safavid Persia 1771-1729
Une vie sur plusieurs continents
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |