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Persian Ambassador arrives for Peter the Great in quarantine
The Dublin Gazette reports a Persian nobleman, sent by Thomas Kouli Khan, travels to Petersburgh as ambassador but must quarantine near Ghilan due to plague. Further dispatches detail Russian and Turkish maneuvers near Bender and Orsova, a deadly fire at Wibourg, a royal gift of pearls from Norway, and trade notes from Lisbon and Exon.
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Astracan
Fune
Petersburgh
Thomas Kouli Kan
Sophi
Persia
Ghilan
Candahar
Bagdad
Fetdt Marshil Manich
Ingul
Bender
Constantinople
Dniester
Wibourg
Finland
Asches
Princess of
Drontheim
Norway
Count de Rantzau
Christiania
Vienna
Grand Duke of Fufcany
Orfova
Topota
Hungary
Mendia
Orova
Lisbon
Ivs
Brazils
Louis d’ Aconha
France
Exon
Bradley
Bristol
Williamsburgh
Farmers General
United Farms of
William Barndell
Philip Thomas
Anne Arundel County
Maryland
Virginia
M.‘Hlabert