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From March to June 1474, Adornes, Lord of
Cortachy, led an embassy in the name of Charles the Bold to the Shah of Persia Uzun Hassan (1423-78), whom the Duke of Burgundy sought to persuade to engage in a new military expedition against the Ottomans, following a campaign in the previous year which had
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One of the most illustrious members of the
Adornes-Adorno family, of Genoese origin, and a wealthy patron, Anselm was closely involved in international trade (mainly in alum and cloth from Tournai and England). He maintained commercial relations with Genoa as well as Spain and played an important
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ended in Uzun Hassan's defeat by Mehmed II. Adornes was chosen for this mission due to his knowledge of Muslim territories; he had made a pilgrimage to the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 1470/71 (the account of his journey written by his son Jan is still preserved).
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Secretarial letter of safe conduct for the merchant and diplomat Anselm
Adornes (1424-83) for a Burgundian embassy to Persia, issued in the name of Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland.
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Cf. Nationaal biografisch woordenboek XII, 2/25. C. van
Hoorebeeck, Livres et lectures des fonctionnaires bourguignons (Turnhout, 2014), passim.
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