The Tale of Two Brothers in the Court of Abbas Safavi (On the occasion of the publication of the book 'The Travels of the Sherley Brothers') معرفی و نقد

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The Tale of Two Brothers in the Court of Shah Abbas Safavi On the occasion of the publication of the book "The Sherley Brothers' Travelogue" Sahar Maziar The Sherley Brothers' Travelogue Edited by Ali Dehbashi Negah Publications, 2008 286 pp, 3000 Tomans In rewriting the history of any nation, "travelogues" may be among the most important sources, especially those written by foreign travelers, as they mention all the details of the places, people, and events they have seen with an unfamiliar and non-native perspective. In fact, this travelogue was not written by their own hands; rather, it is a collection of writings by George Manwaring, William Parry, and an unknown individual, which has been artistically brought together by Avance, the skilled and knowledgeable translator of this work, to present the narrative of the Sherley brothers, Shah Abbas I Safavi, and the events that befell these two brothers. The Sherley brothers—Sir Anthony Sherley and Sir Robert Sherley—were English nobles who, in Jumada al-Awwal in the year 1007 AH, during the reign of Shah Abbas I, came to Iran with 36 people and "entered the service of the Iranian government and were later sent by the King as ambassadors to the courts of Europe, where covenants and alliances were made with them. Despite all this, the travelogue of the Sherley brothers is one of our most important sources in studying the history of the Safavid era, especially during the reign of Shah Abbas I; and let us remember that in order to be able to communicate with other nations and countries and to know them better, we must first know how they have looked at us and what things they have paid attention to.