Robert Shirley, English soldier and diplomat (born 1581)

Robert Shirley

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

Sir Robert Shirley was an English traveller and adventurer, younger brother of Sir Anthony Shirley and Sir Thomas Shirley. He is notable for his help modernising and improving the Persian Safavid army according to the British model, by the request of Shah Abbas the Great. This…