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Description49 Chardin Safavid Legal system Karkan.jpg
English: Karkan: the tool used for punishment of state criminals; Safavid Persia.
فارسی: کرکن، ابزاری برای مجازات مجرمان. دوران صفوی.
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R. W. Ferrier: A Journey to Persia: Jean Chardin's Portrait of a Seventeenth-century Empire (I. B. Tauris Publishers)
Author
Jean Chardin
(1643–1713)
Alternative names
Joan Chardin, Jean-Baptiste Chardin, Sir John Chardin
Description
French explorer and historian
Date of birth/death
16 November 1643
26 January 1713
Location of birth/death
Paris
Chiswick
Work location
Paris, Iran, India, Paris, Smyrna, Constantinople, Crimea, Caucasia, Georgia, Isfahan, India, Paris, London
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VIAF: 49223162
ISNI: 0000000108983265
LCCN: n82080215
NLA: 35027406
Open Library: OL4714402A
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creator QS:P170,Q714834
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