"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الجزء II. ج. ج. لوريمر. ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٩‎٠‎٤] (١٢٦٢/٤٢١)

1904
towards him from Basrah, rejoined him in safety at Shiraz. General
Malcolm reached the Shah's summer camp at Sultamyeh, 50 miles
to the west of Qazvm, on the 21st of June; and two days later lie
had his first audience of the Shah. As he and Sir Harford Jones ;
though they exchanged visits and otherwise treated each other with
becoming courtesy, could not agree as to the manner in which tliey
should appear together in the royal presence, the King's Envoy absented
himself upon this occasion.
The duty of General Malcolm at the Persian Court seems to have
consisted in the delivery of gifts and complimentary messages, and
he was treated by Fat-h ^Ali Shah with much cordiality. Among the
gifts t seems to have been included, in harmony with the spirit of
the Preliminary Treaty not as yet ratified by Britain, two batteries of
horse artillery guns, with harness complete, and 35,000 stand of small
arms. But at the beginning of July, during a movement of the ShaVs
camp from Sultaniyeh to the plain of U jan near Tabriz, Sir Harford
J ones was able to inform General Malcolm of a decision by H is Majesty's
Government to keep the appointment of the British representative
at Tehran in their own hands, and of their choice of Sir Gore Ouseley
to succeed Sir Harford himself, whose resignation they had accepted.
This decision, reached after full consideration of Lord Minto's views,
was a death-blow to General M alcolm^s prospects of permanent employ
ment in Persia, and he at once made dispositions for returning to India,
Before his departure he received from the Shah the titles of Khan and
Sipahdar and was invested with the order of the Lion and the Sun,
instituted in his honour. At the instance of Sir H. Jones, his relations
with whom became more friendly towards the end of their association
in Persia, he left Captain Christie, J Lieutenant Lindsay, Ensign
^ The evidence as to the nature of the disagreement is conflicting. One awkward
circumstance was that Sir H. J ones had been accustomed to stand in the presence
of the bbah, while General Malcolm at his former visit to the Persian Court ^
received a seat. The contrast in ceremonial matters between the two British Envoys
was certainly to the disadvantage of Sir H. Jones, who had instituted a practice
of making his presents in hard cash,—a system perfectly effectual but somewhat
indecent.
f See Brydges* Mission, page 364, and notes to the same, pa^e xxviii. Rawfr 1 '
son, however,—see his England and Russia in the East, page 26,— speaks of
" a limited supply of military stores
t These were the first British officers lent to Persia ; and the idea may have been
suggested, along with the clause in the Treaty referring to officers, by the action
of General Gardanne's French Mission in Persia. But there is reason to think that,
perhaps in imitation of Turkey, Persia had turned her attention to European milW
arrangements and tactics even before 1807 (see Dt/ndsty of the Kajars, page 308)