'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.' [‎352] (371/454)

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English, and is heartily sick of the war, and we shall
soon learn, I expect, of the disgrace of the minister—
the Sudr Azim—who drove him to it. We hear from
Tehran that the Shah now knows the rights of the
Kooshab affair, which he admits cost him 100,000
tomams (cost of military and commissariat stores we
destroyed, I suppose). And the Mohumra business so
terrified him, that he at once ratified the treaty, in
spite of the underhand endeavours of Kussia to prevent
it (if really she did try to prevent it), and the Shah's
only anxiety then was lest Mr. Murray should, in con
sequence of that success, refuse to exchange the ratifi
cation without a further reference to England.
I have, &c.,
J. O utram, Lieut.-General.
To the Governor- General of India.
M y dear L ord, Bagdad, \th June, 1857-
With reference to my official report to Mr.
Edmonstone, dated 1st instant, of my proposed arange-
ments respecting the baggage cattle, I have been in
duced, on further consideration, to defer ordering the
sale of the camels, unitl I see Mr. Taylor at Margeil,
on my return down the river, whom Captain Kcraball
has directed to ascertain whether or not those animals
might all be collected, and taken good care of, in the
Koweit district, whence, from the facility of sea com
munication with Bushire, they could be shipped to that
port in buggalows, or marched by land to Mohumra,
through Turkish territory, as required.
This arrangement may be preferable to selling off
the camels at once, as that measure, if reported at
Tehran, might encourage the Shah to defer the evacua-