Robert Shirley

English soldier, diplomat and adventurer (c.1581-1628)

Robert Shirley (or Sherley; 1628 (aged 46–47) , birth date July 13) was an English traveller and adventurer, younger brother of Anthony Shirley and Thomas Shirley. He is notable for his role in modernizing and improving the Military of Safavid Iran in accordance with the English model at the request of Emperor Abbas the Great.

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Robert Shirley

English soldier, diplomat and adventurer (c.1581-1628)

Robert Shirley (or Sherley; 1628 (aged 46–47) , birth date July 13) was an English traveller and adventurer, younger brother of Anthony Shirley and Thomas Shirley. He is notable for his role in modernizing and improving the Military of Safavid Iran in accordance with the English model at the request of Emperor Abbas the Great.

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Robert Shirley (or Sherley; 1628 (aged 46–47) , birth date July 13) was an English traveller and adventurer, younger brother of Anthony Shirley and Thomas Shirley. He is notable for his role in modernizing and improving the Military of Safavid Iran in accordance with the English model at the request of Emperor Abbas the Great. This proved to be highly successful, as from then on the Safavids proved to be an equal force to their archrival, the Ottoman Empire.

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