Rebellion of Mohammad Yaqub Khan [‎202r] (93/174)

1870 . ]
Mission peom bokhaea.
185
liis first order. The Bokhara envoy was the hpnror o , t
tary letter, but Suliman Effendi was especially commended toTt^ C f 0mplimen '
hospitality of the Ameer of Bokhara by the following message ^ faV ° Ur and
« As he is the Ambassador of the Sulten-the defender of the Mahomedaa faith (corresnond
mg with the his honor n,f P T"
“* -e “ “ “ stsi™ j”” 1 '"'«i"£
Ike Bokhara envoy, before starting, asked forgiveness for the want of
suitable consideration shewn towards the late Ameer Dost Mahomed durin-
AmeeiMn reply— iara ’ ^ l0r th<3 shelter S iren to Abdool Rahman, The
“ fully re-assured the envoy, and remarked that it is no pleasure to him to see the Kino. 8 f
Diary ending 28th March 1870. -Bokhara suffer any injury, or the borders^ of
with each other. The Ameer also directtl^ShuT a " d ‘ :,, -'’ 1!LC01 , lli »g into juxtaposition
•follows to the King of Bokhara: ' As the R us 1ans wfnof? f' 1 , Kl '?“ f ^
yon, it is necessary that you should adopt a wise policy with fhem "ts'kou ’ a offH '^7
oppose them. You can remain re-assured as to our side. If y„ u thll expel the enemies^f 6
tabul Government from your kingdom, we will also turn out your ill-wishers from our to, G
lory; ,f you afford them shelter, we will also treat your enemies in the same way and if h i
send them under surveillance to us, we will send yours to you as prisoners.’ ” ' '
The Ameer of Bokhara had clearly not made a good selection when demit
ing tins envoy, Abdool Kurreem. Before his arrival in Cabul, Daood Shah
who met him m Toorkjstan, thus wrote of him—
“ Aljd(X)I Kurreem ’ Tokshabah, who has been deputed to Cabul as envoy by the King of
Diary ending 3rd February 1870. Bokhara, is a man of no weight, and very dissolute
handed und twill fi -i TT . TT . dn l ia ^ks. He has bt-en on his way empty-
defects or otherwise d tp 7 11^ ° n Hls ^g^ss and give an opportunity of finding out his
ecis 01 otneijyise (literally eopppr and gold disposition)/"
And lifter liis departure, tlio Britisli agent wrote-—
" As tlie Bukliara env °y is a man of no weight, and has not behaved in a fitting manner
Diary ending 28th March 1870 . an( i quietly during his sojourn in Cahill, the Cabnl
i i • i -i ■. authorities have not shown, as m former limps
much kindness and honor to him. He is therefore somewhat displeased/" ’
& Diary ending 30th May 1870.
533. Tlie two envoys and Shali^
gassee Sheredil Khan reached Bokhara
on the 17 th May.^
Alum s envoy } Hamid Khan Surteep, then returned to Tukhtapool, and
* Diary ending 20 th June mo with him the Ameer of Bokhara sent
Avnncr wmi ai + w - • Eshan Oorak with suitable presents. The
with f t (1 u A } Um , t0 detaiA tills P 61 ' 8011 for so “° da y s > ail(1 then send him back
mill a ivhillut and some presents.^
0n tlle . 7th July a report came that the Russians had objected to the
,, , an s e o missions between Oabul and Bokhara ; that they had requested
I,'/] A ™. eei ' /'^okkara to dismiss w the Cabul envoy • and that the Ameer
short” 1 this, but had said that the Cabul envoy would leave in a
Minister nt T T ° f ^ miss H n of an envo y to Bokhara had, m fact, been thought worthy of mention by the Russian
said he <1,71 i r’ 1 Wl A en / Vritmg t0 h ’ s Oovernment. Sir A. Buchanan, when mentioning the report (1th May 1870),
that if tW b LeheV f that - a " y lmp0rfcance waS attachecUo lfc m Sfc ’ Pefcers 'burg -and that he had himself explained
Political ^L7 a , S t 7 H 1 ! 31011 ’ lts ob J ects mosfc Probably was to make arrangements about the Afghan frontier.—[ From.
No. 38, dated 24th June an( ^ No. 31, dated 20th May; and despatch to Secretary of State,