'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.' [‎300] (353/516)

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BOUNDARIES BETWEEN PERSIA AND RUSSIA.
" And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and
" gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his how,
" and to his girdle * ;" and also in the history of Mordecai we read,
" For the man whom the King delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel
■" be brought which the King useth to wear\," &c.
By this treaty the line of boundaries between the two empires com
mences from the beginning of the plain of Adineh Bazar, and runs
direct through the Sahara, or Desert of Moghan, to the west of Yedi-
.boluk on the river Araxes, and then on the uppermost northern
bank of that river until its junction at the Kapanek chai at the back
of the hill of Megri. FrOm the right bank of the Kapanek chai, the
boundaries of Karabagh and Nakhjuwanare marked by a line drawn on
the summits of the mountains of Pembek and Aligez. The line then
continues from the top of the Pembek mountains to the angle, of the
boundary of Shuragil, then over the snowy mountains, and passing
through Aked, runs along the limits of Shuragil and between the vil
lage of Misteri, until it reaches the river Arpachai.
In order to the conclusion of a definitive treaty, it was necessary that
an embassy should be sent to the Emperor of Russia, and Mirza Abul
Hassan Khan being again appointed to represent His Persian Majesty,
was accordingly nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo
tentiary at that Courti By his agreeable and conciliating manner,
as well as by the knowledge which he had acquired of European
customs during his mission to England, he had obtained the good
will of the Russians in Georgia; and this circumstance, which had great
weight in the election made of him, was at the same time a pledge of
the Shah s desire to make his friendship acceptable to the Emperor.
Gieat preparations were made to give this embassy an imposing ef
fect. The Ambassador was furnished with a large suite of servants,
with splendid clothes and rich utensils of all sorts. Presents for the
Emperor were collected from all parts. Arabian horses, Abyssinian
slaves, pearls from Bahrein, shawls from Cashmere, brocades and silks
* 1 Samuel, xviii. 4.
f Esther, vi. 7 and 8.