Hossein Ali Beg Bayat
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Hossein Ali Beg Bayat was a Safavid diplomat who served as the ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire, the Russian Tsardom, Habsburg Spain and several other royal and noble courts during the reign of kin
The ambassador Hossein Ali Beg, in a portrait from life by Aegidius Sadeler in Prague, 1601
Guesthouse "Zu den Drei Schwanen" in Naumburg, where Hossein Ali beg lodged (2012)
Another engravement of Hossain Ali Beg, 17th century
Anthony Shirley
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Sir Anthony Shirley, also spelled Sherley, was an English adventurer, soldier, diplomat, and political theorist who became a prominent figure in early modern European and Middle Eastern affairs.
Hossein Ali Beg Bayat
…nephew Ali Qoli beg was a friend of Oruj beg Bayat, both of whom would later join him in the diplomatic mission. When king Abbas I decided to send Sir Anthony Shirley on an important diplomatic mission in Europe, in order to gain support and to form an alliance against the common cause, the Ottoman enemy, Anthony…
Engraving of Shirley possibly by Dominicus Custos
Portrait of Anthony Shirley by Aegidius Sadeler, 1601