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'Lieut.-General Sir James Outram's Persian campaign in 1857; comprising general orders and despatches relating to the military operations in Persia, from the landing at Bushire to the treaty of peace; also, selections from his correspondence as commander-in-chief and plenipotentiary during the war in Persia.' [‎233] (252/454)

The record is made up of 1 volume (419 pages). It was created in 1860. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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to have assumed the command of the Persian force
before Bushire, has exhibited his credentials to treat,
and employed the Elkhanee to make further inquiries
as to my disposition to come to terms. Now, although
the authenticity of these reports is open to suspicion, I
feel bound to bring them to your Lordship's notice, and
at the same time to obtain further instructions from
her Majesty's Cabinet regarding the conditions to be
insisted on in any negotiation which I may have to
carry on with a Persian plenipotentiary.
To this end I have lost no time in studying the con
tents of the despatches as per margin,* lately received
from the Foreign Office, and collating them with the
original conditions as proposed to Feruk Khan, and
with mv own suggested additions and modifications
contained in my despatch to your Lordship of the 2nd
March. The result is embodied in the accompanying
three drafts, to which I have annexed explanatory ob
servations setting forth the ground for the alterations
made.
The emendations suggested in your Lordship's letter
to the President of the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. have been
adopted with one exception only, viz., the proposal on
our part to abandon the system of protecting Persian
subjects not actually in the employment of our foreign
missions, if all other foreign nations would do the
same. Decidedly opposed as I am to the system which
has so long obtained, and fully aware of the difficulties
and annoyances which it engenders throughout the
* Letter from the Foreign Office to the India Board, dated January 20th,
1857.
Letter from Mr. Murray, dated October 25th and 30th, and November 8th,
1856, with Sir Justin Shiel's remarks. Draft of a Treaty of Peace.
Draft of a Political Treaty.
Draft of a Commercial Treaty.
Observations of the Board of Trade on the last-mentioned drafts, and letter
from the Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Vernon Smith, dated January 23rd, 1857.

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Lieut.-General Sir James Outram's Persian campaign in 1857; comprising general orders and despatches relating to the military operations in Persia, from the landing at Bushire to the treaty of peace; also, selections from his correspondence as commander-in-chief and plenipotentiary during the war in Persia.

Author: Sir James Outram.

Publication Details: London: printed for private circulation only by Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-viii); with maps; octavo.

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1 volume (419 pages)
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Dimensions: 220mm x 135mm

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