Don Juan of Persia

Don Juan of Persia (1560–1604) was a late 16th and early 17th century figure in Iran and Spain. He is also known as Faisal Nazary. He was a native of Iran, who later moved westward. He settled in Spain where he became a Roman Catholic and wrote an account of Persia, his involvement there with Shah Abbas I and his journey to Spain in the Persian embassy to Europe (1599-1602).

Sources

• Don Juan of Persia: A Shi'ah Catholic translated by G. Le Strang. (Kessinger, 2003).
• W. E. D. Alden "Notes on Don Juan of Persia's account of Georgia", 1930, School of Oriental and African studies