Chardin, John, Sir, 1643-1713

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Name (Latin)
Chardin, John, Sir, 1643-1713
Name (Arabic)
شاردان، جون سير، 1643-1713
Other forms of name
Chardin, Jean, Sir, 1643-1713
Date of birth
1643
Date of death
1713
Occupation
Merchants
Travelers
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
Language
French
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 49223162
Wikidata: Q714834
Library of congress: n 82080215
Sources of Information
  • Travels in Persia, 1971:
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Wikipedia description:

Jean Chardin (16 November 1643 – 5 January 1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, and also known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller whose ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Safavid Iran and the Near East in general.

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