3. Papering Over a Diplomatic Gulf: Bureaucracy and Translation between Early Modern Central Asian and Muscovite Courts
Journal: Cornell University Press eBooks
Year: 2025

In April 1673 a certain Pahlavn Qoli Bek (Ruzumov), an envoy sent to Moscow by the Khivan ruler Anusha Khan (r.1663-86), presented himself at the Posol'ski Prikaz (Foreign Chancellery) and submitted a petition addressed to the Muscovite ruler Tsar Alexei Mikhalovich (r.1645-76).The submission of petitions (chelobitnai a) to the Romanov dynasts was a common practice among diplomatic personnel of the time.By means of a written appeal, foreign emissaries sought to solve the problems that they encou