page_title: Protestantism and Islam
section_title: Relations with Persia
hierarchical_section_title: Protestantism and Islam / Military collaboration / Relations with Persia
caption_attribution_description: English: Fortress_of_Hormuz
context_page_description: Protestantism and Islam entered into contact during the early-16th century when the Ottoman Empire, expanding in the Balkans, first encountered Calvinist Protestants in present-day Hungary and Transylvania. As both parties opposed the Austrian Holy Roman Emperor and his Roman Catholic allies, numerous exchanges occurred, exploring religious similarities and the possibility of trade and military alliances.
context_section_description: At about the same time England also maintained a significant relationship with Persia. In 1616, a trade agreement was reached between Shah Abbas and the East India Company and in 1622 "a joint Anglo-Persian force expelled the Portuguese and Spanish traders from the Persian Gulf" in the Capture of Ormuz.
  A group of English adventurers, led by Robert Shirley had a key role in modernizing the Persian army and developing its contacts with the West. In 1624, Robert Shirley led an embassy to England in order to obtain trade agreements.
caption: The English and the Persian formed an alliance against the Portuguese in the 1622 Capture of Ormuz (1622).
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