Hossein Ali Beg Bayat

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Hossein Ali Beg Bayat
Abbas I
Safavid ambassador to the Tsardom of Russia
MonarchAbbas I
Safavid ambassador to Habsburg Spain
MonarchAbbas I
Personal details
OccupationDiplomat

Hossein Ali Beg Bayat was a

Abbas I (r. 1588–1628), and was part of the first Safavid embassy to Europe
.

Biography

When king

Medicis.[3]

Relations between Hossein Ali Beg and Anthony Shirley at this time drastically worsened. In

Catholicism and left the mission as well.[5] After this happening, which greatly upset him,[4] he continued the journey with the remainder of the group, and was well received by the Spanish court in Valladolid.[5] At the court, he raised an issue which caused some friction, namely regarding the alleged ill treatment of Iranian merchants by the Portuguese authorities on the island of Hormuz.[6] Now that Portugal and Spain were united under one crown, this was also a Spanish matter. King Philip III promised to address the issue and assured that he would continue to fight against the Ottomans with all the means at his disposal.[7] Hossein Ali Beg encountered further issues regarding his group, as the three principal members of his suite, which included his nephew Ali Qoli Beg, were converted by the Jesuits and also become Catholics.[7] His nephew Ali Qoli Beg and Uruch Beg were baptised as Don Philip and Don Juan in the Chapel Royal, with the Spanish King and Queen as sponsors.[7] Hossein Ali Beg, deeply chagrined and unable to do anything, sailed back for Iran from Lisbon in 1602.[7][4] Hossein Ali Beg and his entourage had also initially made plans to meet with the courts of France, England, Scotland and Poland, but they were abandoned on the way.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Blow 2009, p. 59.
  2. ^ a b c d e Blow 2009, p. 61.
  3. ^ a b c Blow 2009, p. 62.
  4. ^ a b c d Fisher 1986, p. 387.
  5. ^ a b c Blow 2009, p. 63.
  6. ^ Blow 2009, pp. 63–64.
  7. ^ a b c d Blow 2009, p. 64.
  8. ISBN 978-1-4067-6357-7

Sources
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