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The Persian embassy to Siam (1685–1687) was sanctioned by Shah Sulaiman I in response to an envoy sent to Persia in 1682 by King Narai of Siam. The embassy departed Persia in June 1685 and sailed via Madras to the Siamese port of Mergui. The delegates then crossed the peninsula's jungles to reach the royal capital, Ayuthaya, before heading north to meet King Narai at his palace in Lopburi. After an exchange of formalities, including the presentation of Shah Sulaiman's letter to King Narai, the Persians were invited to remain in the country and accompany the king on elephant and tiger hunts. The embassy left Siam early in 1687 and following protracted delays and an encounter with pirates in India, arrived back in Persia in May 1688.
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![Shah Sulaiman and his courtiers](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ali_Culi_Jabbadar_001.jpg/640px-Ali_Culi_Jabbadar_001.jpg)
![King Narai](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/French_depiction_of_King_Narai.jpg/640px-French_depiction_of_King_Narai.jpg)
![Illustration from Guy Tachard's Voyage de Siam des Peres Jesuites](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Tachard-elephant-2.jpg/320px-Tachard-elephant-2.jpg)