Setkul Ablin (flourished ca 1653-1672) Russian trader and agent
Setkul Ablin, a Central Asian in the Russian service travelled to Peking in 1655,1658 and 1668.
He was called a 'Bukharan' but the Russians used this term loosely for any trader from Central Asia.
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He spent a month in Peking and was presented to the Kangxi Emperor.
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He returned in 1662 after having most of his goods stolen by the Oirats.
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About 1653 he was chosen by Fyodor Baykov, the Russian ambassador to China, to go ahead of him and announce his coming.