"سلالة كاجار مترجمة من المخطوطة الفارسية الأصلية ومقدمه من فاتي علي شاه إلى السير هارفورد جونز بريدجيس...ومعها تقرير موجز في البداية عن تاريخ بلاد فارس قبل تلك الفترة موضحة بألواح وخرائط لغربي بلاد فارس" [‎٢‎٧‎٥] (٦٨٤/٤٩٢)

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before stated, had been ordered to Bagdad, to con
cert measures against the Wahhabees, there came
to him an individual who exhibited a long Letter
in French characters, and who assumed the title,
of Ambassador from that Government, and pro
ceeded with him to Teheran. As his object was
not ascertained, the Persian Ministers looked on his
pretensions as mere imposture, and paid him no
attention. Some time after, when Napoleon at
tained the supreme power, he laid the foundation
ot war and hostilities against the Russians; and
having appointed Mons. Jaubert to this embassy,
despatched him to the Government of Persia, with
instructions and messages to this purport:—" This
" rule is universally laid down, that an enemy's
" friend is a foe, and an enemy's foe a friend. I at
" present bear great hostility towards the Russian
" Government, the enemy to that of Persia. The
" English Government also, which, according to the
" tenor of the treaty with the Governor of Hin-
" dustan, should at this moment, when Russia is
' engaged in hostilities against Persia, entertain
great enmity against them, professes great friend-
" ship for them. It is therefore advisable, con-
' sidering the violation of treaties on the part of
England, to renew the ancient covenants of
"friendship between France and Persia; so that
" the durability of covenants entered into by the
" I rench nation may be evident to all the world ;
and that the advantages of this friendship, namely,
* the expulsion of the Russians from Gurjistan and
" the territories of Persia, may be equally clear to
When Mons. Jaubert arrived at Ba'izid,
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