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date: 28 February 2021

Sherley, Lady Teresa Sampsonialocked

(c. 1589–1668)
  • Bernadette Andrea

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Sherley, Lady Teresa Sampsonia (c. 1589–1668), noblewoman, was born c.1589 to a Circassian ruler named Sampsuff or Sanfluf Iscaon [Isma`il Khan] (Chick, 144; Florencio, 25). Although often reduced to the nameless wife of the ‘famous English Persian’ ...

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