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'''Pacifique de Provins''' (1588 in [[Provins]] &ndash; 1648) was a French [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] Father of the 17th century. He established a French mission in [[Isfahan]] in 1627 with the agreement of [[Cardinal de Richelieu]] and [[Pėre Joseph]], and the benevolence of Shah [[Abbas I of Persia]].<ref>McCabe, p.141</ref> Pacifique de Provins relied on the help of an Armenian named [[Khajah Muchaq]] to obtain an agreement from the Shah.<ref>''The politics of trade in Safavid Iran: silk for silver, 1600-1730'' Rudolph P. Matthee p.87 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5U0yECMV--wC&pg=PA87]</ref> Results were minimum however in increasing relations and trade, and English and Dutch influence remained paramount.<ref name="Cambridge">''The Cambridge history of Iran'' William Bayne Fisher, Peter Jackson, Laurence Lockhart p.465 [https://books.google.com/books?id=LZ0-2BIR8BQC&pg=PA465]</ref> Progress was also hampered by the long-standing [[Franco-Ottoman alliance]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] being a regular enemy of [[Persia]].<ref name="Cambridge"/>
A new mission was sent in 1665 under [[de Lalin]] (or Lalain), Mariage and [[La Boullaye le Gouz]].<ref name="Cambridge"/>
A treaty was signed after many deceptions and tribulations but Lalin died at Bandar Abbas in 1667.
==Works==
* Pacifique de Provins, ''Relation du Voyage de Perse'' (Paris: Nicolas et lean de la Coste, 1631)
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==References==
* McAbe, Ina Baghdiantz 2008 ''Orientalism in early Modern France'' Berg {{ISBN|978-1-84520-374-0}}
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