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The Armenian Merchant Diaspora of New Julfa
In the early 1600s, Shah Abbas I of Persia uprooted hundreds of thousands of Armenians from their ancient homeland, marching them deep into Iran. Among the deportees were the merchants of Old Julfa, a wealthy trading town on the Aras River. In the new suburb of New Julfa, outside Isfahan, these merchants rebuilt their fortunes and created a global trading network that stretched from Amsterdam to Manila. This episode explores how they used their diaspora status to dominate the silk trade, how they maintained their identity through the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Vank Cathedral, and how…
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