"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." [‎٦‎٥] (٦٥٤/٨٢)

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devotee a man of acuteness and learning—spoke of him
as a benevolent enthusiast, but said that his excessive
meekness left a disagreeable feeling upon the mind. On
Malcolm, however, the young Christian hero appears to
have made a more favorable impression. Perhaps, the
habitual cheerfulness of his manner communicated itself
to the "saint from Calcutta," for he wrote to Sir Gore
Ouseley, that Henry Martyn, who was then on his way
to Persia, was likely to add to the hilarity of his party.
" The Rev. Mr. Martyn," he said, " one of the clergymen
of Bengal, is here on his way to the Gulf. He requested
me to give him a line to the Governor of Bushire, which.
I did, as well as one to Mahomed Nebbee Khan. But I
warned him not to move from Bushire-without your
previous sanction. His intention, I believe, is to go by
Shiraz, Ispahan, and Kermanshah to Baghdad, and to
endeavour on that route to discover some ancient copies
of the Gospel, which he and many other saints are per
suaded lie hid in the mountains of Persia. Mr. Martyn
also expects to improve himself as an Oriental scholar.
He is already an excellent one. His knowledge of Arabic
is superior to that of any Englishman in India. He is
altogether a very learned and cheerful man, but a great
enthusiast in his holy calling. He has, however, assured
me, and begged I would mention it to you, that he has
no thought of preaching to the Persians, or of entering
into any theological controversies; but means to confine
himself to two objects—a research after old Gospels, and
the endeavour to qualify himself for giving a correct
version of the Scriptures into Arabic and Persian, on the
plan proposed by the Bible Society. I have not hesi
tated to tell him that I thought you would require that
he should act with great caution, and not allow his
zeal to run away with him. He declares he will not,
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