Farrokh Khan Amin-Doleh, Ferouk Khan, also Feruk Khan or Ferukh Khan (1814 - 1871), was Vice Premier to the court of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar and the Persian ambassador to the Emperor of the France, Napoleon III and Queen Victoria. The visit followed the outbreak of the Anglo-Persian War

Anglo-Persian War

The Anglo-Persian War lasted between November 1, 1856 and April 4, 1857, and was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Persia . In the war, the British opposed an attempt by Persia to reacquire the city of Herat...

 (1856-1857) between Persia and Great Britain.

Negotiations over the Herat

Herat

Herāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan...

 crisis broke down between Ferouk Khan and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, prompting the Persian embassy to turn to France.
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. Negotiations led to the March 1857 Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris (1857)

The Treaty of Paris marked the end of the hostilities of the Anglo-Persian War. On the Persian side negotiations were handled by ambassador Ferukh Khan...

, which put an end to the Anglo-Persian War.

After his embassy, Ferouk Khan returned to Persia, where he became Prime Minister.