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Ruy González de Clavijo

d. 1412 · 15th century

Ruy González de Clavijo was a Castilian courtier sent by King Henry III of Castile as ambassador to Timur. Leaving Spain in 1403, he travelled through Constantinople, Trebizond, Erzincan and Persia and reached Samarkand in 1404. His account of the embassy, published as the Embajada a Tamorlán, is a major source on Timur's court and the lands between the Black Sea and Central Asia.

Ruy González de Clavijo
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Timurid EmpireImpactEmpire of TrebizondSocioeconomy

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Emirate of Erzincan

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