"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"". [‎١‎٣‎٩] (٣٩٠/١٦٠)

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condition of the countries they governed, and
in their own positions in respect to the Afghan
nations, which led them to desire the counte
nance and support of the shah. They were
usurpers—they had driven from the throne
the descendant of Ahmed Shah—the repre
sentative of the Afghan monarchy and the
chief of the tribe Suddozye. They knew that
the Afghan people, however they might have
been misled by intrigues, irritated by ill-treat
ment, and excited by ambition or by personal
enmities, to aid in expelling princes of the
royal family, still regarded with feelings of
attachment or of reverence every member of
that house, and they therefore distrusted
the feelings of the Afghan people towards
themselves. There were, both at Cabul and
at Candahar, Persian tribes which had been
settled there by Nadir—in effect, colonies of
hereditary soldiers, who were powerful by their
union, by their military skill and reputartion,
and by their superior acuteness and intelli
gence. The chiefs of Cabul and Candahar,
dreading the influence of the Suddozyes, and
doubting the attachment of the majority of