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recovery of their lost ascendancy at the Court of Teheran, con
sidered necessary for the protection of the Indian Empire, and
Sir Harford Jones was sent by the British Government to oust
the French and negotiate a new treaty with the Shah. The
Indian Government also sent Sir John Malcolm on his second
mission to Persia. The Shah having lost all faith in the pro
fessions of the French, which, in consequence of the peace with
Russia and reverses in Europe, they were no longer able to
fulfil looked with renewed hopes to England, and agreed to
received the British mission. General Gardane, altogether
Ictt in the lurch by his Government, could do nothing more
than protest in accordance with the Finkenstein treaty, which
stipulated that no English subjects were to enter Persian terri
tory, and announced that he and all members of his embassy
would have to leave Persia it the British mission were per
mitted to enter Persian territory. Sir Harford Jones landed at
Bushire on the 13th October, 1809, left that port in December,
and reached Teheran on the 14th February of the following
year, a few days after Gardane had left. Thus abruptly ended
f ath Ali Shah s dream ot recovering his lost provinces from
Russia with the help of the “Conqueror of Europe,” and Sir
Harford Jones found no difficulty in concluding a preliminary
tioat}' on the 12th March, 1809, by which all previous treaties
contracted by the Shah with European powers were annulled
the Shah engaged himself to prevent the passage of European’
armies through his dominions towards India, and the English
were to assist him with troops and officers free of charge or
pay him an annual subsidy of 200,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. if any European
toroes should invade his territories. In fulfilment of this treaty
Sir John Malcolm, starting from India on his third mission to
1 ersia m 1810, took with him a number of Anglo-Indian officers
who passed into Persian service, and among whom were ,
included he distinguished names of Christie, Lindsay, Mon-
teith, nm H. Willock. Sir Gore Ouseley, following Sir H.
Jones m 18 1, was also accompanied by some English officers
and a detachment of English serjeants of the 47th regiment to
disuphne the l ersian army; among the officers were Majors
> Arvy ami Hart and The Kn g li»li officer* were p.-inci-
pa K employed m Azerbaijan with Abbas Mima and worked
with the most nntmn* zeal under the liberal patronage of the
°! fV' Bombay army, undertook the charge
arld erv' "in’l "" r! ^' f 11,0 that of the
. ■•'mUy (idlerwards Sir II. iiethuue, Bart I for
hi"'tile Sr™' ' liS ' l “ t " °-•" I>i0duK i '>'l'"rtantposition
V l< f a,an an i u >- 111 recognition of his services he was
made a baronet hy the British Government, and in 1830
fTiWT T , r ! u ‘k majoi'-gcncral as well as a salary of
w-; 1 m , 0, ‘ M1U * 1 lt ‘ d[od 'li'iieran in Eebrnarv
• * i rT 11 ^ On0 . 1, who accompanied Sir Gore Ouselev nid
'isiu-tl lahri/. tt>r the second time in 1812 we t ilc tl, f ii
nig notes on the progress mad,. , ‘ - we take the foliow-
Kuglisk tuition:-^ " ^ tlle ^‘nler