Don Juan of Persia (1560–1620)

Born 1560 CE, died 1620 CE.

Oruj beg Bayat (Persian: اروج بیگ بیات, romanized: Orūj beg Bayāt; also spelled Uruch or Oruch in English), later known by his baptized name of Don Juan de Persia (c. 1560/1567–c. 1616) or simply Don Juan was a late 16th and early 17th century Iranian figure in Iran and Spain. He is also known as Faisal Nazary.

Text from the Wikipedia article Don_Juan_of_Persia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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