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Mehdi Qoli Beg
Mehdi Qoli Beg ( fa, مهدی قلی بیگ; ? - ) was a Chagatai people, Chagatai ruler in Greater Khorasan, Khorasan and a courtier at the court of Shah Abbas I of Safavid dynasty. He was named Amir-e Akhour (person in charge of the royal stable,) and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Tsardom of Russia and Holy Roman Empire. Diplomatic Mission In 1599 and on the advice of Anthony Sherley, Shah Abbas, hoping to secure a European alliance against Ottoman Empire dispatched an Persian embassy to Europe (1599–1602), embassy to Europe. The mission met with the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, who in turn sent to Isfahan. Kakach died on the journey and his secretary, took charge. Shah Abbas greeted von der Jabel, and sent him together with Mehdi Qoli Beg to Moscow to inform Tsar Boris Godunov of the recent Persian victory over the Ottoman Turks. Tsar was pleased upon hearing the news, and sent 5000 men and a number of canons to help Shah Abbas in reconquering Derbent. Mehdi Qoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegidius Sadeler II
Aegidius Sadeler or Aegidius Sadeler II (1570–1629) was a Flemish engraver who was principally active at the Prague court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and his successors. Life Sadeler was born in Antwerp in the Sadeler family of print dealers and engravers. He was the son of Emmanuel de Sayeleer and the nephew of Aegidius I, Jan I en Raphael Sadeler. He was trained by his uncle Jan I and became a member of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1589. He was active in Munich the next year in 1590, in Rome in 1593, in Naples and then again in Munich in 1594–1597. From 1597 he settled in Prague where he became court engraver for Rudolf II and made engraved portraits of notables and engravings after artworks there, most notably paintings by Bartholomeus Spranger, Roelant Savery, Hans von Aachen, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and sculptures by Giambologna and Adriaen de Vries. His early engravings were mostly faithful copies of works by Albrecht Dürer in the Imperial collection a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
