"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"". [‎١‎٦‎٣] (٣٩٠/١٨٤)

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was not competent to enter any other service.
This was merely a pretext; but Mr. Thomson
named Meerza Fezloollah in his stead, and
intimated that when Meerza Hashem Khan
received a formal discharge from the Persian
government he would be appointed to the post
of British agent at Shiraz. The Hon. C. A.
Murray wrote to Lord Clarendon on the 22nd
of June, 1855, requesting him to sanction the
appointment, and this the English minister
of foreign affairs did in a despatch, dated
August 1.*
The enmity of the Persian government
against Meerza Hashem was not to be easily
overcome; and, on the 6th of November,
1855, Sadr Azim informed Mr. Murray that
if he attempted to set out for Shiraz the
Persian government would cause him to be
seized and detained.
The next step iu the transaction was the
* A writer in the Quarterly Review (April, 1857) states
that this appointment was made by Mr. Murray. The evi-
ence of the blue book is, however, conclusive upon this
point. The appointment was recommended by Mr. Thom
son received the approval of Mr. Murray, and was after
wards confirmed by Lord Clarendon.
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