"رحلات من الهند إلى إنجلترا: تشمل زيارة إلى الإمبراطورية البورمية، رحلة عبر بلاد فارس، آسيا الصغرى، تركيا الأوروبية وغيرها، في السنوات ١٨٢٥-١٨٢٦، بقلم جيمز إدوارد أليكساندر" [‎٧‎٦] (٤١٢/١٢٩)

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PART II.
PERSIA, ASIA MINOR,
&c.
CHAPTER I.
Particulars respecting the Mission of Colonel Macdonald Kinneir, K.L.S., Envoy
Extraordinary to the Court of Tehran.
Previous to commencing the narrative of my visit to Persia, it
will be convenient to give the reader a short account of the circum
stances which led to the mission lately despatched to the Persian
court, in the suite of which I travelled.
The importance of maintaining friendly relations with Persia, a
country which opposes an obstacle to the encroachments of Russia,
and is, in fact, a protection to our Indian territories against invaders
from Europe, has induced the British Government, as well as the
East-India Company, to send expensive embassies, at various periods,
to the court of Tehran. Of late, a British charge d'affaires has
constantly resided at the capital; the arsenal has been furnished with
the necessary stores from India, and the Persian army has been
disciplined by European officers.
During the late war between England and France, Persia received
from the former a subsidy of 200,000 tomauns, or £150,000, an
nually.