"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"". [‎١‎٣‎٦] (٣٩٠/١٥٧)

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ture and the resources of the country are such
as to favour the success of the invader. All
the materials necessary for the organization of
a great army, and the formation of his depots,
are to be found in the neighbourhood of Herat.
Its mines supply lead, iron, and sulphur; the
surface in almost every direction is laden with
saltpetre; the willow and the poplar trees,
which furnish the best charcoal, flourish in all
parts; whilst from the population might, at
any time, be drawn hardy and docile soldiers
to recruit the ranks of an invading army.
Upon the possession of such a country would
depend, in no small measure, the success of
operations undertaken for the invasion, or the
defence of Hindostan."
The connection between these events and
our subsequent disasters in Afghanistan, the
intrigues of Russia, and the nature of the
various influences at work, are stated with
great force and clearness by a writer in the
" Quarterly Heview,'* for June, 1839. His
lucid statement will afford the reader a just
conception of the plot in progress, which was
only frustrated by the obstinate resistance of