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Ambrogio Contarini
Ambrogio Contarini was a Venetian merchant and diplomat sent in 1474 as ambassador to the Aq Qoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan, to seek an alliance against the Ottoman Empire. He travelled through Poland, the Crimea and Georgia to Tabriz and returned by way of Muscovy, where he met Ivan III. His account of the journey, printed in 1487, is a valuable source on Iran, the Caucasus and Russia.
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