Jean-Baptiste Estelle (1662,

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– 1723, Marseille) was French Consul in the Moroccan city of

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in 1689–98. He was the son of Pierre Estelle, Consul at Tetuan."...the reports sent to the Government of Louis XIV by P. Estelle, Consul at Tetouan, and his son JB Estelle, Consul at Sale." in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland'' Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1932 He succeeded Jean Perillier as consul at Salé. In 1680, at the age of 18, he went to

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for 3 years, where his father was Consul. In 1689, he was nominated at Consul of Salé. In Salé, he was staying in the house of Abraham Maimrān.''A History of the Jews in North Africa'' by Haim Zeev Hirschberg, Eliezer Bashan, Robert Attal p.267
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, Pidou de Saint Olon. He had to leave his post in 1698 at the request of the Sultan

. At the age of 58, in 1720, he was mayor ("Premier échevin") of the city of

, during the

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. He became part of the nobility in 1722, and received the title of "Seigneur d'Arenc".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Estelle, Jean-Baptiste 1662 births 1723 deaths 17th-century French diplomats 18th-century French politicians 17th century in Morocco Mayors of Marseille People from Salé French expatriates in Morocco

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