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The Armenian Merchant Princes of New Julfa
In the early 1600s, Shah Abbas of Safavid Persia relocated the entire Armenian population of Old Julfa to a new suburb of his capital, Isfahan. There, these merchants built a commercial empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to India, controlling the silk trade and funding the great Vank Cathedral. This episode traces the rise of New Julfa, its kirman silk caravans, the khajeh elite who negotiated with sultans and rajas, and the network of khoja families who kept Armenian culture alive in exile. We look at the Vank's frescoes, the printing press that arrived in the 1630s, and how…
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