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GULBENKIAN (Roberto). ESTUDOS Históricos. Lisboa. 1995. - GULBENKIAN (Roberto) ESTUDOS Históricos . I: Relações entre Portugal, Arménia e Médio Oriente; II: Relações entre Portugal, Irão e Médio-Oriente; III: Vária. Pelo Académico de Número Roberto Gulbenkian. Academia Portuguesa da História. Lisboa: Academia Portuguesa da História, 1995. 3 v.: il.; 255 mm. First and only edition, published by the Portuguese Academy of History. A set of three volumes of historical studies by Roberto Gulbenkian - nephew of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, administrator of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation between 1964 and 1996 and full member of the Portuguese Academy of History - on the diplomatic, religious and commercial relations between Portugal and the Middle East in the 16th to 18th centuries. The first two volumes focus on relations between Portugal and Armenia and between Portugal and Iran, exploring the contacts established within the framework of Portuguese expansion in the East: religious missions, embassies, relations with Safavid Persia and with Eastern Christian communities. The third volume brings together studies on a variety of topics. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate