Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov

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Prince Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov ({{langx|ru|Князь Димитрий Иванович Долгоруков}}; 1797–1867) was a Russian career diplomat born into one of the most prominent families in Russia.{{Cite journal | last = Momen| authorlink= Moojan Momen | year = 2004 | first = Moojan | title = Conspiracies and Forgeries: the attack upon the Baha'i community in Iran | journal = Persian Heritage | volume = 9 | issue = 35 | pages =27–29 }}

He held several diplomatic posts, first in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, and then in the Russian Embassy in Madrid, Spain (1826–1830). In the late 1820s, he travelled with American diplomat and writer Washington Irving from Seville to Granada and stayed at the Alhambra with Irving between May and June 1827. He also held diplomatic posts from 1832 to 1837 in the Hague, from 1838 to 1842 in Naples and in 1842-1845 again in Constantinople.

He was also the Russian Minister in Iran from 1845 to 1854. Dolgorukov retired from the diplomatic service in 1854 and died in 1867.

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  • Russkii Biograficheski, Slovar (vol. 6, St Petersburg, 1905)
  • {{cite book | title = Babidskie vostaniya v Irani, 1848-52 | location= Moscow | year = 1939 | first = Mikhail S. | last = Ivanov|language=ru}}

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Category:1797 births

Category:1867 deaths

Dimitri Ivanovich

Category:19th-century diplomats of the Russian Empire

Category:Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Iran

Category:Privy Councillor (Russian Empire)

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