Bogdan Gurdziecki (known in Persia as Bohtam Beg) (died April 12, 1700) was a Georgia-born

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diplomat who served as the first permanent Polish resident in

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. Born in Georgia into a noble Georgian family, Gurdziecki served the Polish crown since the early 1650s. The surname derives from Turkish / Iranian name for

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"Gurdji". As the greatest authority on all things Persian, he was dispatched to

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as a head of Polish diplomatic mission, part of the joint

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-Polish diplomatic and economic efforts in Persia aimed at bringing the Safavid government into an anti- Ottoman alliance. Henceforth, Gurdziecki played a role in diplomacy between Poland and Persia as well as in some Russo-Georgian interaction. He died in Moscow in 1700.Matthee, Rudi
Gurdziecki, Bogdan
. '' Encyclopædia Iranica Online Edition''. Retrieved on April 11, 2009

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1700 deaths Polish diplomats Polish people of Georgian descent Year of birth unknown Ambassadors of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to Safavid Iran {{europe-diplomat-stub

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