Aegidius Sadeler, Mechti Kuli Beg: Ambassador of Shah Abbas I to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf I, ca. 1605.
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Mechti Kuli Beg, Persian Ambassador to Prague, 1605
Aegidius Sadeler (Dutch, ca. 1570–1629) Persian ambassador to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II of Prague. Persia and the Holy Roman Empire were allies against the expanding Ottoman Empire. (engraving)
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