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Joseph Philippe Ferrier (1811‒86) was a French soldier who served as a military instructor in the army of Persia (present-day Iran) in 1839‒42 and again in 1846‒50. He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Europe by the Qajar ruler Muhammad Shah (1808-48, reigned 1834‒48), but later fell out of favor with the shah and was forced to leave Persia. He returned to the Persian service in 1846, after undertaking a dangerous overland journey through Afghanistan and Persia in 1844‒46. While working for the Persian ...