"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٥‎٢] (٣٩٠/٧٣)

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has the appearance of a voluntary alliance of
independent warriors. The tribes of Scythia,
distinguished by the modern appellation of
llords, assume the form of a numerous and
increasing family, which, in the course of suc
cessive generations, has been propagated from
the same original stock. The meanest and
most ignorant of the Tartars preserve with
conscious pride the inestimable treasure of
their genealogy; and whatever distinctions of
rank may have been introduced by the unequal
distribution of pastoral wealth, they mutually
respect themselves and each other as the de
scendants of the first founder of the tribe.
The custom, which still prevails, of adopting
the bravest and most faithful of the captives,
may countenance the very probable suspicion
that this extensive consanguinity is, in a great
measure, legal and fictitious. But the useful
prejudice which has obtained the sanction of
time and opinion produces the effects of truth;
the haughty barbarians yield a cheerful and
voluntary obedience to the head of their blood,
and their chief, or mursa, as the representa
tive of their great father, exercises the autho-