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Persian embassy to Europe

Years: 1609 - 1615

The Persian embassy to Europe (1609–1615), led by the Englishman Robert Shirley, is dispatched by the Persian Shah Abbas I in 1609 to obtain an alliance with Europe against the Ottoman Empire.

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