Persian embassy to Europe (1609–1615)

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Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome

The Persian embassy to Europe (1609–1615) was dispatched by the

Abbas I in 1609 to obtain an alliance with Europe against the Ottoman Empire. The embassy was led by the Englishman Robert Shirley.[1]

Background

The

Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618). This embassy followed the 1599–1602 Persian embassy to Europe
.

Embassy

Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome
. Painted in 1615–1616.
Frans II Francken
, 1628.

The embassy went to

Count Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire by Rudolf II in 1609.[6] He then continued to Florence, Milan and Rome, where he was received by Pope Paul V.[7]
He then continued to Spain.

In 1611, Shirley reached England, but he was opposed by the Levant Company, which had strong interests with Ottomans.[8]

Shirley then returned to Persia by sea, through the

Ispahan with his wife in 1615. All his traveling companions however had died on the way in a poisoning conspiracy.[10]

Aftermath

Teresia
, c. 1624–1627. Robert Shirley modernized the Persian army, and led the 1609–1615 embassy to Europe.

In 1616, a trade agreement was reached between Shah Abbas and the

Capture of Ormuz.[11]

In 1624, Robert Shirley led another embassy to England in order to obtain trade agreements.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Olson, p.1005
  2. ^ Le Strange, p.2
  3. ^ Khair, p.173
  4. ^ Maquerlot, p.17
  5. ^ Olson, p.1005
  6. ^ Olson, p.1005
  7. ^ Rosalind Jones, Ann. Renaissance clothing and the materials of memory. p. 55.
  8. ^ Olson, p.1005
  9. ^ Olson, p.1005
  10. ^ Olson, p.1005
  11. ^ Badiozamani, p.182
  12. ^ Maquerlot, p.17

References

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