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363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. [1]1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
Mohammad Mosaddegh[a](Persian: محمد مصدق, IPA:[mohæmˈmæd(-e)mosædˈdeɢ]ⓘ;[b]16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iranfrom 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. [4][5]He was a member of the Iranian parliamentfrom 1923, and served through a ...
The Treaty of Paris (1857) ( Persian: عهدنامه پاریس ۱۸۵۷, romanized : Ahdnāme-ye Paris 1857) marked the end of the hostilities of the Anglo-Persian War. On the Persian, side negotiations were handled by ambassador Farrokh Khan. The two sides signed the peace treaty on 4 March 1857. [1] [2]
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [ 16 ] also known as the Persian Empire[ 16 ] or First Persian Empire[ 17 ] ( / əˈkiːmənɪd /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [ 18 ] or 'The Kingdom' [ 19 ] ), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
October 7 – Battle of Modon: The Genoese fleet under Jean Le Maingre ( Marshal Boucicaut) is defeated by the Republic of Venice, at Modon in the Peloponnese. [ 1] October – An English fleet organised by John Hawley of Dartmouth and Thomas Norton of Bristol seizes seven French merchant vessels in the English Channel.
Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May Phillip II, the future king of England (r. 1554-1558), is born to parents Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Isabella of Portugal. 1526
The Iranian calendars or Iranian chronology ( Persian: گاهشماری ایرانی, Gâh-Şomâriye Irâni) are a succession of calendars created and used for over two millennia in Iran, also known as Persia. One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modified many times for administrative ...
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Tehran. Iran–United Kingdom relations are the bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and Iran. Iran, which was called Persia by the West before 1935, has had political relations with England since the late Ilkhanate period (13th century) when King Edward I of England sent Geoffrey of Langley to the ...