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island or its inhabitants^ and whether he had received any compen^
sation for being deprived "of it. Colonel Robertson in reply practically
confessed his inability to cast any light on the nature of Shaikh Nasir's
title to Kharag, no reliable materials being available on which to!found an
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The re -appointment of Shaikh Nasir once more^ in 1845^ to the
Governorship of Bushehr seems to have been regarded with satisfaction
by Colonel Hennell^ the Resident. He reported in connection therewith
that there was every prospect^ for the future, of friendly relations being
maintained between the British Residency and the Persian authorities at
Bushehr.
NASIR-UD-DIN SHAH, 1848—1896.^
Before the death of Muhammad Shah his eldest son, Nasir-ud-Din
Mirza, had been recognised by the British and Russian Governments
separately and conjointly, as heir to the throne ofiPersia; consequently,
when the Shah expired, Colonel Farrant, the British Charg6 d'Affaires,
and Prince Dolgoruki, the Russian Minister at Tehran, worked together
to ensure the peaceful succession of that youthful Prince. Information
of his fathers approaching end was even despatched to him post haste
at Tabriz, where as Governor-General of Azarbaijan he had his residence
as soon as it was certain that the Shah had not many hours to live. It
* The principal authorities for the general history of Persia during this period are,
in chronological order : Lady Sheil's Gf-limpses of Life and Manners in JPevsia, 1856 ;
Mr. C. B. Eastwick s Journal of a Dijolomate's Three Years' ^Residence in Persia,
1864; Mr. R. G, Watsons History of Persia, 1866; a JSlemorandum on Persian
Affairs, by Mr. J. Talboys Wheeler, 1871; Sir C. R. Markham's History of Persia,
1874; Sir H. C. Rawlinson's England and Russia in the East, 1875 ; and Lord
Carzon's Persia and the Persian Question, 1892. The Treaties of the time will be
ouud in Aitchison's Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, vol. XII, 1909,
The chief sources of information regarding the Anglo-Persian war are : Captain
•ij , s ^ u ^ ram an d HavelocJc s Persian Campaign, 1858, containing excellent
^siations and information as to the causes of the war; Sir J. Outram's Persian
ln 2867, printed for private circulation in 1860 with plans ; and Major M.
Account of the British Wars with Persia, 1889. Lieutenant C. R. Low's
wy of the Indian Navy, 1877, deals with the naval operations in the war.
6 ocal history of the Persian Coast and Islands is to be derived chiefly from the
i . a . M f^ation Reports of the Persian Gulf Political Residencyy a series
wh' li 1Ilb r0111 an< ^ from the general records of the Government of India
re rl aie i Slllninai ^ e d by Mr. J. A. Saldanha in his Precis of Correspondence
J . n y^ ie Affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801—53, and Precis of the Affairs of the
also bM t ^ M T ds > 1S54 ~ I909 > both printed in 1906. Some facts are given
andM L" o' ^ ^ nn ^ n £> 8 Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia^ etc., 1857^
r ' ^ Stack, s ^ Months in Persia, 1882.
Relations of
Shaikh Nasir
with the
British
Residency,
1845.