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PERSIA—NO. NYU—185a.
of this Government, with regard to Herat, and to acquire independence for h'
is as His Excellency the Sadr Azim has written to him. No doubt lie S lm '
Mahomed Khan, will be made acquainted with it, and will act in conformit •
it. Let him know that he enjoys the highest favour of our royal person an<I
present his prayers to us.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sheil to Syed Mahomed Khan, Ruler of Herat
Your Excellency has no doubt heard of the anxiety testified many years a
by the government of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain for the maintenance
of the independence of Herat. Although circumstances have withdrawn He 6
Majesty’s government of late from any direct connection with Afghanistan thr
have not ceased to take a warm interest in the welfare and prosperity of Herat
and in the preservation of its independence under Afghan rule. They have watched
with solicitude during the last year and a half, since Your Excellency’s accession
to the government of that country, the progress of events in Herat, and the issue
has been that they have felt themselves called on to require an explanation from
the Persian ministers for their share in certain proceedings connected with Your
Excellency’s territory, and to claim from them assurances for the maintenance of
that territory independent of Persian rule. The discussions which followed ter
minated m certain engagements concluded by this government, and which I deem
it my duty to bring to tie knowledge of Your Excellency. They are contained
in the three encloaed papers, which are copies of the originals, consisting of a docu-
Your T il 7 6 a nme Mlni8t<,r ° f Persia ’ a fr0m the Pri,ne Minister to
xeellency, and a Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). from the Shah to your address, ratifying the
® n § a 8 e ments of the Sadr Azim.
statldTre^aTr 48 eXP ' ain the ™ W8 ° f Great Britain -
^ndlce temmatl<m that Herat * aU «™i* m Afghan hands and in inil
from XTovemrT v ti “ e ^ When y0n ' wiI1 cea8e t0 re< l nire aid
will be abl aZ?? 00 '“ tr5 ’' and that he ”“fo™ard' Your Excellency
ZyLZrei thltZ^T u^ 0f Excellency
of his subjects and tha/th” " ° forelgn f ld ,08es tlle respect and the loyalty
foreign succour. The goodwill of vo?° tOTm,nation t0 re P«»ted applications for
upright lust and i ^ UF 8u ^i ects 18 your surest safeguard. By
there can be no doubt of you/abilityTZ Z CuItivatin « Af S han national feeling,
ders, in the same manner that 7 u mamtain y° ur position against all mtru*
Ehan, accomplished with such Mliantlu^ ^athe^ • ^ Yar
lency’s convenience to retum'^'yl, 11 ' 8 commn ni cat ion, will await Your Excel-
receipt, W1 a an answ er in acknowledgment of its