'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎29] (64/524)

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CHAP. III.
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RESIDENCE OF THE MISSION AT BUSHIRE.
cokrespondence with the persian government: intro-
duction of the european discipline at shiraz—mili
tary preparations—persian letter—(derveishes)---con
duct of the nasakchee bashee—present to the envoy
from the court—mehmandar arrival of an officer
from shiraz description of his party—his visit re
turned—ceremonies of a visit—feast of the bairam—
account of the capture and recapture of the sylph
—death of mr. coare.
The negociation was begun at Bushire. On the day after our land
ing the Envoy despatched his letters to Jaffer Ali Khan, the acting
English agent at Shiraz; and through him to the Prince Hossein Ali
Mirza, Governor of Farsistan; to the Prince's Minister, Nasr
Oalah Khan ; and to the Prime Minister at Teheran, Mirza Shef-
feea. These letters all contained the simple statement, that the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
had arrived as Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Great Britain to
the King of Persia, in order to confirm and augment the amity which
had so long existed between the two countries.
On the 19th of Oct. we received despatches from Jaffer Ali
Khan at Shiraz; which, among the more immediate topics of the
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