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Is there any possibility of a Persian-European alliance (mainly Safavid and Habsburg) during the mid-to-late 17th century? I'm thinking mostly in regards to an alliance against the Ottomans, with Persia joining the Great Turkish War on the Habsburg side?

If such an alliance was founded, would it be possible for Persia to take a more active role in European affairs generally? Say an intermixing of the Safavid and Habsburg royal houses?
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