'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.' [‎222] (265/516)

VISIT TO THE TURKISH ENVOY.
peace concluded between Turkey and Russia; and it was only by the
personal influence and active interference of our Ambassador, that His
Majesty was prevailed upon not to use coercive measures for reinstating
Abdurakhman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in the possession of Sulimanieh.
During the whole of these transactions the Turkish government had
a resident Minister at the Court of Persia, in the person of Yasin Zadeh
Effendi, who took but little share in them. He resided at Tabriz at
the same time as we ; and it was hinted to him, how useful to the
interests of his state would be a visit from him to the English Ambas
sador, whose influence hitherto had prevented the Persians from attack
ing Bagdad. The EfFendi acknowledged how much his government
was indebted to the interference of the English Ambassador, but said
that as he had most positive orders from his Court not to visit him
first, he was running the risk of his life if he disobeyed those orders,
and that therefore he must stay at home.
By order of the Ambassador I visited Yasin Zadeh, whose house was
situated in a remote part of the city, and was introduced into a room,
where, contrary to the Persian mode of furniture, cushions were placed
against the wall. The EfFendi came in soon after, and although we
were in the middle of summer (3d July) he was heaped over with fur
pelisses. He was a shrivelled old man, clean in his dress, of placid
appearance, and of very polished manners. The few words which he
spoke, at the commencement of our interview, were expressive of his
thanks for the attentions of our Ambassador, and he hinted with satis
faction at the long and ancient friendship which so long had existed be
tween Turkey and England. His slow and methodical manner was
strongly contrasted to that which we had been accustomed to see in the
lively and animated Persians ; but little by little he became more com
municative, particularly when he found that I had been at Constanti
nople, and was acquainted with its localities. Sfambol, to a Turk, is
the centre of all earthly joys ; and as soon as we got upon that subject
he became quite garrulous. He made a long list of complaints of all
the miseries he had endured in Persia; how the water was bad, the
bread coarse, the climate disagreeable; and how constantly he bewailed