Farouk Khan
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Farouk Khan (* in Bidschar ; † 1871 ) was a Persian ambassador . Farouk Khan came at the end of 1856 as head of the Persian negotiating delegation, which negotiated the peace after the Anglo-Persian War in Paris with the negotiating delegation from the United Kingdom . The British delegation asked for a number of consulates and vice-consulates to be opened in Persia. Which, as far as these were in the sphere of influence of the Russian Empire in northern Persia, affected the diplomacy of The Great Game . In January 1857 he was appointed ambassador and in March 1857 signed the Peace of Paris 1857 with Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley .
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In 1857 he signed a trade and shipping agreement between Persia and the German Confederation in Paris with representatives of Friedrich Wilhelm IV . In 1858 he returned to the court of Naser ad-Din Shah , and served as Dīwān .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Félix Nadar, Nigel Gosling: Nadar . Knopf, New York, NY 1976, ISBN 0-394-41106-4 .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Asker-Khan |
Persian ambassador to France 1857-1858 |
Hasan 'Ali Khan Garusi |
Muhsin Khan |
List of Prime Ministers of Iran 1859 |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Farouk Khan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Persian ambassador |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bidschar |
DATE OF DEATH | 1871 |