"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"". [‎١‎٤‎١] (٣٩٠/١٦٢)

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Persian influence must from that moment be
firmly established; and that they, being the
actual representatives of their nation in Af
ghanistan, must then become more necessary
to their chiefs, and the favoured instruments
of the shah. They, therefore, exerted all their
influence, which was great, in favour of the
connection with Persia; and, as there were
apprehensions in the minds of their rulers that
Persia alone might not be strong enough to
defend them, they advocated the advantages of
an alliance with Russia also—for they were
told by the agents of both these governments
that Persia and Russia were one.
" The shah of Persia saw in this state of
things at Cabul and Candahar a prospect of
establishing his own supremacy over all Af
ghanistan, and the means of promoting the
immediate success of the favourite object of
his ambition—the subjugation of Herat. The
Russian agents, on the other hand, thought
they had discovered in these combinations the
means of establishing Russian influence in all
these countries, and of striking a blow at
England. In Persia, the great impediment to