'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.' [‎327] (346/454)

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taining Busliire and Karrack, comprised in one division,
the 2nd Division being broken up, &c. &c., but I am
assured that this, which will go via Damascus, will
reach you first.
After despatching the troops from Mohumra, I accom
panied Captain Kemball to this place, to arrange certain
matters with Mr. Murray, and I purpose returning to
Bushire a fortnight hence. On my way up the river I
met your letter of April 9th, and on my arrival this
morning, received that of the 16th April. I thank you
most sincerely for your congratulations on the Kooshab
affair. If that were not sufficient to open the Shah's
eyes to the futility of contest with us, the easy capture
of Mohumra, and flight of his army, must have sufficed
to counteract the efforts of Russia—if efforts she made—
to dissuade his Majesty from ratifying the treaty. And
his unexpectedly prompt acceptance of our terms, has
happily released us in time, from the necessity of main
taining Mohumra with troops, and enabled me to send
back our Europeans to India in better health even,
than when they left Bombay and Kurrachee to come to
Persia.
I regret to learn from your letters now received, that
I should have been justified in addressing my official
correspondence regarding points of policy in Persia to
you; for nothing was further from my wish than unne
cessarily to intrude on Lord Clarendon, or to abstain
from addressing, on all subjects, you who had ever been
so kind and courteous to me; but I was led into the
error of supposing that the Secretary for Foreign Affairs
alone could be addressed officially on such subjects,
copies only being furnished to you as President of the
Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , by seeing that the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at
Bagdad did so. And I confined myself, therefore, to
addressing you demi-officially, for which I beg most sin-
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