Jean de la Forêt · Islam Museum

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Roles: Diplomat
Era: The Gunpowder Empires
Region: al-Andalus & Europe
Identifiers: Wikidata
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Summary

Jean de la Forêt, secretary to King Francis I of France ¹.

The embassy

Al-Salabi records the king sent him in 941/1535 to Sultan Süleyman to conclude the alliance in treaty form — the pact later called the Franco-Ottoman Capitulations ².

Sources

al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 203
al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 203-204

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islam.museum contributors. “Jean de la Forêt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jean-de-la-foret/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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