William Bell (East India Company)
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William Bell (East India Company)
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William Bell was an East India Company (EIC) factor in the city of Isfahan, the royal capital of Safavid Iran, during the reign of Safavid Shah Abbas the Great (r. 1688-1629). He came to Iran in 1616 during the reign of English King James I on board the barge James, carrying the EIC's first trial shipment of goods to Iran, and he was the first to disembark when the ship anchored at Jask. The records of the EIC note that he died "after a seven nights sore visitation with a burning fever". Bell's
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