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The Safavid Postal System: How the Chapar Kept an Empire Connected
Long before the Pony Express, the Safavid Empire maintained a lightning-fast postal network called the chapar that could move urgent news from Isfahan to Tabriz in under a week. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the routes, the relay stations, and the hardy horses that carried state dispatches, espionage reports, and even the occasional merchant's letter across Persia's rugged terrain. They look at how Shah Abbas I expanded the system, why caravanserais doubled as postal depots, and what European travelers like Jean Chardin and Adam Olearius observed about the efficiency and occasional…
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