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Conference: Portugal, the Persian Gulf, and
Safavid Persia
September 7-9, 2007
In conjunction with the Iran Heritage Foundation, the Freer and Sackler Galleries have organized a conference to focus on five hundred years of exchanges between Portugal and Safavid Persia, particularly their activities in the Persian Gulf basin between 1500 and 1700. Portuguese interaction with the Ottoman Empire, Arab principalities, and India, as well as with rival European merchants active in the area, is also examined. Discussion topics include sources and historiography, mutual perceptions, trade, diplomacy and politics, missionary activities, and cross-cultural exchanges.
Visit www.iranheritage.org/portugalconference to register or for more information.
Above: Al-Jalali Fort, Muscat, Oman. Image courtesy of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman.
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