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Parution : Stanislaw Adam Jaskowski and Anna Jolly, Letters in silk pouches: Diplomatic correspondence from the Safavid Court in the Swedish National Archives, Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien, 2026

 

Letters in silk pouches: Diplomatic correspondence from the Safavid Court in the Swedish National Archives

Stanislaw Adam Jaskowski and Anna Jolly

 

 

 

In the 17th century, the Swedish crown sent three embassies to the Safavid court in Isfahan to negotiate a trade agreement for the export of Iranian raw silk to Stockholm. The diplomat Ludvig Fabritius led the Swedish delegations on their journeys and extended sojourns at the Persian court. After each embassy, a letter from the Shah of Persia to the King of Sweden was brought back to Stockholm. These documents are today kept in the Swedish National Archives. Their composition and content reflect the formalised writing style of the Safavid chancellery. For transport the royal letters were folded and slipped into precious textile pouches which have also been preserved. The fabrics from which the pouches were made count among the most luxurious silk textiles produced in Safavid Iran. This monograph offers a detailed study of these Persian letters and silk pouches in their historical context and presents them as tangible evidence of two highly developed arts practised at the Iranian court, both conveying the splendour of their sovereign: the art of writing and the art of silk weaving.

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Chargé de diffusion scientifique (20 avril 2026). Parution : Stanislaw Adam Jaskowski and Anna Jolly, Letters in silk pouches: Diplomatic correspondence from the Safavid Court in the Swedish National Archives, Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien, 2026. IISMM. Consulté le 17 mai 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/163ep


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