Pacifique de Provins

Pacifique de Provins (1588 in Provins – 1648) was a French Capuchin Father of the 17th century. He established a French mission in Isfahan in 1627 with the agreement of Cardinal de Richelieu and Pėre Joseph, and the benevolence of Shah Abbas I of Persia.[1] Pacifique de Provins relied on the help of an Armenian named Khajah Muchaq to obtain an agreement from the Shah.[2] Results were minimum however in increasing relations and trade, and English and Dutch influence remained paramount.[3] Progress was also hampered by the long-standing Franco-Ottoman alliance, the Ottoman Empire being a regular enemy of Persia.[3]

A new mission was sent in 1665 under de Lalin and de la Boulaye le Gouz.[3]

Works
  • Pacifique de Provins, Relation du Voyage de Perse (Paris: Nicolas et lean de la Coste, 1631)

Notes
  1. McCabe, p.141
  2. The politics of trade in Safavid Iran: silk for silver, 1600-1730 Rudolph P. Matthee p.87
  3. The Cambridge history of Iran William Bayne Fisher, Peter Jackson, Laurence Lockhart p.465

References
  • McAbe, Ina Baghdiantz 2008 Orientalism in early Modern France Berg ISBN 978-1-84520-374-0
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