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Nakd ‘Ali Beg, Envoy from Persia, 1626 (oil on canvas)

Nakd ‘Ali Beg, Envoy from Persia, 1626 (oil on canvas)
embassy
standing
embellished
diplomat
costume
middle-east
oriental
relations
moustache
beg
envoy
persian
mantle
orient
portrait
embroidered
traditional
17th
full-length
dress
male
east
brocade
eastern
ali
nakd
sherley
turban
regalia
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beg
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persian
mantle
orient
portrait
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traditional
17th
full-length
dress
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brocade
eastern
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Nakd ‘Ali Beg, Envoy from Persia, 1626 (oil on canvas)

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Greenbury, Richard (bef.1600-c.1670) / British

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British Library, London, UK

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oil on canvas

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1626 AD (C17th AD)

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Nakd ‘Ali Beg, Envoy from Persia. A full-length standing figure, in turban and long gown of light-coloured material, reaching to the feet. Over this is a flowing mantle of Isphahan brocade of a darker colour, woven with figures. The hands hold the sash loosely. Nakd ‘Ali Beg arrived in England in February 1626 as ambassador from Shah ‘Abbas of Persia. Sir Robert Shirley was then in this country claiming to have been sent on a similar errand, and a violent quarrel ensued between the rival envoys. By order of King Charles I, they were both taken back to the East in the East India Company’s fleet of 1627, accompanied by Sir Dodmore Cotton, who was accredited as English ambassador to the Shah. Nakd ‘Ali Beg poisoned himself just before the ships reached the coast of India, and his body was buried at Surat.

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