"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"". [‎١‎٨‎٤] (٣٩٠/٢٠٥)

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CAUSES OF THE RUPTURE
whole of the correspondence respecting Heerza
Hashem may then be mutually withdrawn and
cancelled; it being to be understood, that no
objections will be made by the Persian govern
ment to the appointment, as heretofore, of a
British correspondent at Shiraz, till that and
other matters can be finally arranged by a
suitable convention."
The Persian government persisted in its ob
stinate course, and further discussions and
complications were caused by an insult offered
to Meerza Mootallib, the Persian writer of the
British consulate at Tehran, and the violation
—at the instigation of Syed Morteza—of the
right of asylum accorded to the residence of
the British mission at Tehran. This was done
towards the end of May. Other indignities
against the British officials were offered, and a
rupture seemed inevitable.
On receiving an intimation of the prepara
tions of England, the Persian prime minister
gave orders for the increase of the Persian
troops in the provinces threatened. On the
22nd of September Lord Clarendon wrote to
consul Stevens:—