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Excerpt from Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan The Travels presented in this volume to the public contain, it is believed, the latest accounts by an European of the countries of Central Asia. A part of the route is wholly new, and has never before been described. The author, M. Ferrier, is a French officer at present holding a government appointment at Pondicherry, who, born of respectable parents, enlisted as a private soldier, and served with distinction in Africa, where he gained the rank of "Marechal de logis." In remembrance of these campaigns he has dedicated his book to his ancient comrades of the Carabineers and Chasseurs d'Afrique. About sixteen years ago M. Ferrier was selected, with other French officers, to go to Persia to drill and organize the Persian army the English detachment, which had been previously employed on that duty, having left the country, when diplomatic relations with the government of the Shah were suspended in 1839. M. Ferrier served in Persia for many years, and received the honorary rank of Adjutant-General of the Persian army. He at length got into trouble from his known opposition to Russian interests, and, as he believes, through the intrigues of the Russian ambassador, was removed from his post. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."