"ملف II (F 94) 82/34 امتياز شركة أ.ب.و.ك" [و‎‎١‎٣] (٣٦٢/٤٠)

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English Orientalists who ma a claim to mil ec lentif ic
researches of man and to mil languages# t¥hen he was
coming to Persia four years ago iie bad an interview in
Bgypt with repreaentatives of locsO. preaa. Wkmm hm was
asked of the reason of hia going to tarsia Mm replied that
he was inwited hy the Persian Oovem»ent to make reaearchee
and formulate an opinion regarding the possible change of
the present Persian writing into latin characters* This
was evidently a sheer falsehood and no French or Italian
Orientalist would have said such lies* 'this is the race
from which the correspondent of the l^aily Mail has sprung
up. aeir custom is to send their women to another room
after the dinner and after drinking five or si* pegs of
whiskey their men discuss the politics of the world in an
atmosphere of alcohol and cigarette or pipe smoke. Their
imaginations in such an atmosphere bee me convictions which
naturally smell whiskey# Their information is far from
being comprehensive and is limited to what is actually
necessary for the despatch of their political designs and
concerns# More than 10,000 volumes have heen written
in their language over Persia ever since the time when they
started diplomatic relations with us, which was some ISO
years ago, hut still they have never hem ahle to know and
understand correctly Persia and the Persians# Persia 's
services to civilisation cannot he ignored# Besides the
vast nufflher of scientists and scholars of every branch of
knowledge that she has given to the world, far beyond, the
number that Oreat Britain has so far been able to produce,
she has rendered valuable political services to the world#
the hoards of savage tribes checked by Cyrus and his array
in Turkestan could ha-ve brought hoae deadly damage to
human civllisationi Persian influence in the Arab Court
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