Bogdan Gurdziecki

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Bogdan Gurdziecki (d. 1700 in Moscow) - Polish diplomat, stayed in Persia, known as Botham Beg. He was from Georgian nobility, his name was derived from the Turkish and Persian term Georgian - "Gurdji." He served in the Polish crown from around 1650, was a diplomat and an outstanding specialist in relations with Persia. In 1667 Poland concluded a truce with the Russian Federation, and it was decided to join forces and jointly create an anti-Turkish coalition. Jan Kazimierz in 1668 sent Bogdan Gurdziecki at the head of a thirty-four-member diplomatic mission to Moscow, and then in February 1669 he reached Astrakhan. Car entrusted Gurdziecki with a diplomatic mission, he had to hand over letters addressed to local rulers. Persia reached the end of 1669, stopped in Isfahan, Persia ruled then the Safavid dynasty. In February and March 21, 1670 Bohdan Gurdziecki was at an audience with Safi II, Sulejman, informing him of plans to attack Persia with support from Armenians. He managed to persuade the Shah to remove the Armenian merchants from mediating Persian trade with Russia and Poland, failing to enforce permission to build a church and monastery in Yerevan. In June 1670 he left Persia and traveled to Russia, but due to Cossack revolt he re-entered Persia, where he stopped at Samaki and engaged in a local dispute. Probably during the riot he was the killer and was very seriously wounded. His stay lasted for three years, reaching Poland in 1675. In April 1676 he was elected an official ambassador and permanent resident at the court of the Safavid dynasty. There are unclear premises that Gurdziecki did not reach Persia earlier than 1681, during a meeting with Shah resumed military cooperation against the Turks. After refusing to move to Islam, he was allowed to live in Samaki, but he probably went to Poland. In 1684 he again went to Persia, he was the first messenger who informed the chess team about the defeat of the Turks at Vienna. Another visit to Persia took place in 1687, but there are no known reasons for it, probably carrying the letter of the Polish king to the Shah. It is known that he once again returned to Poland in 1699. He died in Moscow in 1700, probably during another expedition to Persia.

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