"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" [‎٨‎٠] (٤١٢/١٣٧)

80 PERSIA.
had taken place in the sentiments of the Prince Royal, which was
probably brought about by the meritorious exertions of Major Hart,
generalissimo of the prince's army, and Dr. Cormick, his physician.
Abbas Mirza now urged the Shah to invite the mission to his court,
and expressed a decided disapprobation of the sentiments entertained
by the ministers of Tehran. The Shah, however, adhered to his
former resolutions : he relaxed only so far as to consent to receive
the mission with due honour, but refused to allow of the permanent
residence of the Envoy, unless he should be accredited by his
Britannic Majesty. The mission of Colonel Macdonald still re
mained in abeyance at Bombay, waiting advices from England.
Meanwhile, Major Willock's mission was proceeding rapidly to
completion. It had been publicly recognized by the Governor-
General, and his papers were submitted to the consideration of the
Council. In the course of two or three months, the Governor-
General was pleased to concede all points relative to the subsidy,
and to the debt due to an individual named Nubbee Khan ; and in
January 1825 the Major left Calcutta on his return to Persia,
empowered to draw the full amount of the debt, and the sum of
182,000 tomauns (nearly eleven lakhs of sicca rupees), the arrears of
the subsidy.
The impolicy of this proceeding is obvious. Whilst the Shah of
Persia persisted in refusing to admit an Envoy from the East-India
Company, he was taught to believe he could not receive the amount
of his pecuniary claims; but by this precipitate measure the Supreme
Government relinquished the powerful instrument it possessed of
obliging the Persian Court to comply with its views and to receive
its Envoy, whilst it strengthened the influence of the British charge
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