Shah abbas the great

One of the oldest oil paintings in the British Library’s collections is a massive portrait of Naqd ʻAli Beg. It was commissioned by the English East India Company in 1626 and painted by Richard Greenbury (fl.1616-1651). In that year, Naqd ʻAli Beg came to London as the envoy of Shah...

PORTRAIT OF SINAL SHAH KAMLU, AMBASSADOR OF SHAH ABBAS I TO EMPEROR RUDOLF II

Download this stock image: Sir Anthony Shirley visiting the court of Shah Abbas the Great, Persia in 1599, where he was made a Mirza or prince. Sir Anthony Shirley (or Sherley), 1565–1635. English traveller. Shāh Abbās the Great aka Shāh Abbās I of Persia, 1571 – 1629. 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran. After the painting by H.M. Burton. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915 - J0FCWD from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and…

10/21/1603 Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran. The capture of Tabriz from the Ottoman Turks by the Safavid army of Shah Abbas I took place on October 21, 1603, after twenty days fighting during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618). Local citizens welcomed the Safavid army as liberators and took harsh reprisals against the defeated Ottoman Turks who had been occupying their city. Many unfortunate Turks fell into the hands of Tabriz’s citizens and were decapitated. تبریز, استان آذربایجان شرقی, ایران

Download this stock image: Abbas I the Great (1571-1629). Shah of the Safavid dynasty. - C4G399 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

The history of Isfahan cannot be separated from the name of Shah Abbas the Great, the ruler who chose it as a capital in 1598 and spent forty-two years of his life toward its beautification and eminence.

Download this stock image: Old engraved portrait of Shah Abbas the Great. Created by Lebovis, published on Magasin Pittoresque, Paris, 1838 - K3GN3H from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.