'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.' [‎309] (328/454)

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effect all that would be required in this quarter, and
thus leave the army free to operate upon some more
vulnerable point. Its occupation would have given us,
moreover, the command of the Gulf, and rendered
null the competition of any other European power
which may be seeking to establish its influence here.
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Knowing the relationship which Persia has already
established with the two first-rate European powers, and
the influence and jealousy which were thus arrayed
against us at Tehran, I feel disposed, on the whole,
to greet the treaty with a hearty welcome. More,
perhaps, might have been exacted from the Shah, had
all our successes been known 5 but such a triumph
in its after effects might have neutralized our future
influence in Persia, and given us cause to regret here
after that we had not been more generous, when gene
rosity was at our disposal.
I am, &c.,
J. O utram, Lieut.-General
To the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, G.C.B., K.G.
My L ord, Camp at Mohumra, May 8th, 1857.
On my arrival here this morning, I found a letter
to my address from his Eoyal Highness Khanler Mirza,
commanding the Persian forces in Khuzistan, of which,
and of my reply, I have the honour to submit trans
lations for your Lordship's information.
The intimation mentioned in the latter enclosure,
that the Shah had ratified the treaty, reached me from
the Hon. Mr. Murray on the 6th instant, and, con-
se <]uent thereon, as your Lordship will observe, I have