"حياة ومراسلات اللواء السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، المبعوث السابق إلى بلاد فارس وحاكم بومباي؛ من رسائل ومذكرات غير منشورة. في مجلّدين. المجلد II." [‎٢‎٢] (٦٥٤/٣٩)

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second mission to persia.
Crown Ambassador, "to acknowledge tlie receipt of
your public letter by Mr. Ellis, firstly, because I hope
you will consider this method, as I mean it to be, a
manifestation of the cordiality with which I mean to act;
and, next, because I am of opinion that those points in
your letter which may require discussion will be better
and more fully discussed by us when I have the plea
sure of meeting you. I perfectly agree with you it is
high time to put an end to the intrigues and tortuosities
of the Ministers here. As we shall so soon have the
pleasure to meet, I reserve to that period everything
more that I have to say." And so the contest between
the two Ambassadors was at an end, and Malcolm wrote
in his journal, "We shall have no more public dis
cussions, but communicate fully and amicably; and I
shall be as anxious to establish, by my great respect
towards the person of his Envoy, my respect for my
Sovereign, as I have been to establish the rights and pri
vileges of the Indian Government."
On the 21st of June, Malcolm and his suite entered the
royal camp. The same high officer of the Court who,
ten years before, had been deputed by the King to
receive him, now met him again as he advanced. The
loyal message which greeted him was a flattering one.
Tell him, said the King, " that all the trouble he has
had about ceremony this time is not the fault of Persians
but of Englishmen, and that throughout he may be satis
fied that he has always enjoyed my favor." Onward
now went the Mission from the Indian Government,
receiving and bestowing courtesies. All past animosi-
were buried. Before proceeding to his own tent,
Malcolm waited on Sir Harford Jones, who received him
m ' a gracious and affable manner," and in the course of
t le evening returned the visit. Malcolm welcomed him
wit i a guard of honor, and went out of his tent to greet