Arthur Edwards (sailor)

Arthur Edwards was an English sailor and merchant who was sent to the Persian royal court (Tahmasp I) in 1566.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He worked for Muscovy Company. Shah Tahmasb gave him permission to trade in Persia (Iran).

References

  1. ^ The thirde voyage into Persia, begun in the yeere 1565. by Richard Johnson, Alexander Kitchin, and Arthur Edwards. perseus.tufts.edu - 2019 December 31
  2. ^ Mayers, Kit (7 November 2016). The First English Explorer: The life of Anthony Jenkinson (1529-1611) and his adventures on the route to the Orient. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78589-228-8.
  3. ^ Curzon, George Nathaniel (10 May 2018). Persia and the Persian Question. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-08085-9.
  4. ^ Hakluyt, Richard (1809). Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, of the English Nation. G. Reimer.
  5. ^ Quinn, David B. (1974). The Hakluyt Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08694-3.
  6. ^ Wright, Denis (22 February 2001). The English Amongst the Persians: Imperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century Iran. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-86064-638-6.
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