# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-shirley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:54.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-shirley"
name: "Robert Shirley"
slug: "robert-shirley"
description: "Robert Shirley was an English traveller and adventurer, younger brother of Anthony Shirley and Thomas Shirley. He is notable for his role in modernizing and improving the Military of Safavid Iran in accordance with the English model at the request of Emperor Abbas the Great. This proved to be highly successful, as from then on the Safavids proved to be an equal force to their archrival, the Ottoman Empire."
tagline: "English soldier, diplomat and adventurer (c.1581-1628)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Robert_Shirley_by_Anthony_Van_Dyck_1622_Rome.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1581"
deathDate: "1628-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.33
  momentum:             1.117424242424242
  historical:           12.70893066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Роберт Ширлі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "روبرت شيرلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "روبرت شيرلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_%C5%9Eirli"
    title: "Robert Şirli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A8%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Робърт Шърли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley"
    title: "Robert Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley"
    title: "Robert Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley"
    title: "Robert Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley"
    title: "Robert Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "رابرت شرلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley"
    title: "Robert Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley"
    title: "Robert Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shirley"
    title: "Robert Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ロバート・シャーリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Ширли, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1859875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump