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List of Complaints to Tsar Mikhail Fjodorovich by Shah Safi I, Submitted Verbally by the Persian Ambassador Adzhibek on April 13, 1635

Abstract. The manuscript given below is uncommon for the Safawid corpus of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RSAAA). It is a list of instructions for verbal enunciation given by Safi I to his ambassador Hajji Inji who deliver the text at an audience with Mikhail Fjodorovich, held on April 13, 1635. The text brought up four particular issues that had been upholding conflictive environment in the Russian-Qizilbash relations to the moment of negotiations. The points raised were increasing Cossacks invasions, extradition of fugitives, return of the traders' property lost during shipwreck and detaining of the Shahs paper packs.

Keywords: Russo-Iranian relations, 17th century, Mikhail Fjodorovich, Shah Safi I, archival documents, Russian Tsardom, Safawid Empire, diplomatic rift

Acknowledgments. Supported by the research grant from the Russian Scientific Foundation, project No. 18‑78‑10052 “The Documentary History of the Russian Strand of Safawid Diplomacy (1501—1722)”.

DOI: 10.31250/1238-5018-2020-26-2-32-36

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Received by the Editorial Board: 11.09.2020