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'''Ferouk Khan''', also '''Feruk Khan''' or '''Ferukh Khan''', was a Persian ambassador to the Emperor of the French [[Napoleon III]]. The visit followed the outbreak of the [[Anglo-Persian War]] (1856-1857) between Persia and Great Britain. |
'''Ferouk Khan''', also '''Feruk Khan''' or '''Ferukh Khan''', was a Persian ambassador to the Emperor of the French [[Napoleon III]]. The visit followed the outbreak of the [[Anglo-Persian War]] (1856-1857) between Persia and Great Britain. |
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Negotiations over the [[Herat]] crisis broke down between Ferouk Khan and Lord [[Stratford de Redcliffe]], prompting the Persian embassy to turn to France.<ref>''Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle'', 22 April 1857, Page 3 [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NENZC18570422.2.12.2&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all]</ref> |
Negotiations over the [[Herat]] crisis broke down between Ferouk Khan and Lord [[Stratford de Redcliffe]], prompting the Persian embassy to turn to France.<ref>''Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle'', 22 April 1857, Page 3 [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NENZC18570422.2.12.2&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all]</ref> |
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[[File:Ferouk Khan 1857 The Illustrated London News full page.jpg|thumb|left|Page of ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'', 1857, featuring Ferouk |
[[File:Ferouk Khan 1857 The Illustrated London News full page.jpg|thumb|left|Page of ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'', 1857, featuring Ferouk Khan.]] |
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The embassy was composed of the ambassador himself, accompanied by a suite of more than twenty persons, including councillors, dragoman, secretaries and writers. Six horses were given in present to the French Emperor, who expressed his regret about the conflict between Persia and Great Britain.<ref>''Allen's Indian Mail'' p.96 [http://books.google.com/books?id=JrgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA96]</ref> Negotiations led to the March 1857 [[Treaty of Paris (1857)|Treaty of Paris]], which put an end to the Anglo-Persian War.<ref>''Immortal'' Steven R. Ward, p.80 [http://books.google.com/books?id=8eUTLaaVOOQC&pg=PA80]</ref> |
The embassy was composed of the ambassador himself, accompanied by a suite of more than twenty persons, including councillors, dragoman, secretaries and writers. Six horses were given in present to the French Emperor, who expressed his regret about the conflict between Persia and Great Britain.<ref>''Allen's Indian Mail'' p.96 [http://books.google.com/books?id=JrgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA96]</ref> Negotiations led to the March 1857 [[Treaty of Paris (1857)|Treaty of Paris]], which put an end to the Anglo-Persian War.<ref>''Immortal'' Steven R. Ward, p.80 [http://books.google.com/books?id=8eUTLaaVOOQC&pg=PA80]</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:27, 29 July 2011
Ferouk Khan, also Feruk Khan or Ferukh Khan, was a Persian ambassador to the Emperor of the French Napoleon III. The visit followed the outbreak of the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857) between Persia and Great Britain.
Negotiations over the Herat crisis broke down between Ferouk Khan and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, prompting the Persian embassy to turn to France.[1]
The embassy was composed of the ambassador himself, accompanied by a suite of more than twenty persons, including councillors, dragoman, secretaries and writers. Six horses were given in present to the French Emperor, who expressed his regret about the conflict between Persia and Great Britain.[2] Negotiations led to the March 1857 Treaty of Paris, which put an end to the Anglo-Persian War.[3]
After his embassy, Ferouk Khan returned to Persia, where he became Prime Minister.[4]
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