He was named Amir-e Akhour (person in charge of the royal stable,) and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Tsardom of Russia and Holy Roman Empire.
In 1599 and on the advice of Anthony Sherley, Shah Abbas, hoping to secure a European alliance against Ottoman Empire dispatched an embassy to Europe.
The mission met with the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, who in turn sent Etienne Kakach [ru] to Isfahan.
Shah Abbas greeted von der Jabel, and sent him together with Mehdi Qoli Beg to Moscow to inform Tsar Boris Godunov of the recent Persian victory over the Ottoman Turks.
Mehdi Qoli Beg and von der Jabel left for Holy Roman Empire, and arrived in Prague on January 8, 1605.