Askar Khan Afshar
Askar Khan Afshar (Persian: عسکر خان افشار) was a Persia ambassador who was sent to Paris, during the period of the Franco-Persian alliance.[1] He arrived in Paris on 20 July 1808 and met Napoleon on 4 September 1808 at Château de Saint-Cloud.[2] He left in April 1810, as Persia in turn allied with Great Britain, then France's enemy in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Persian ambassador Askar Khan Afshar, in Paris from July 1808 to April 1810, by Madame Vavin.
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Askar Khan Afshar received by Napoleon I at Saint-Cloud, 4 September 1808, by Benjamin Zix.
Askar Khan Afshar's posting in Paris partly coincided with that of the Ottoman Empire ambassador Muhib Efendi.
In 1817, Askar Khan was appointed to be a mehmandar i.e. an official guide of Russian embassy headed by general Yermolov. [3]
Notes
- Napoleon and Persia Iradj Amini, p.140
- Persia and Napoleon A Lecture by Ambassador Iradj Amini (Qajar) at the "Iran Society," - London, December 17, 1997 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2011-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Narrative of a Journey Into Persia... p. 91
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