"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." [‎٧‎٦] (٦٥٤/٩٣)

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76 an interval of rest.
question of his reward is agitated. No man lias ever served them
with purer principles of honor, nor of more active industry; and
however opinions may differ of his proceedings at Madras, of his
former life there can be but one sentiment.
Yours faithfully,
J ohn M alcolm.
It was at the close of this year that Malcolm first bore
the titular name by which he is known in the history
and literature of his country. He had applied to the
Crown for permission to wear the insignia of the order
of the Lion and the Sun; and the Prince-Regent, in
awarding this permission, signified his intention to confer
the honor of knighthood upon the wearer in the name of
the Sovereign of England. ^ In these days the honors of
the Bath would have been granted to him. But in 1812
neither military nor diplomatic services, whatever their
merit or their value, could obtain this distinction for a
Company's officer. The time had not then arrived for
his admission into the pale of English chivalry. He was
still a reprobate and an outcast.
It was something to be called u Sir John;" but he was
a mere civil knight. He had not been decorated as a
soldier. Ever since he had begun to think at all about
the service to which he belonged, he had lamented and
* The Mowing is the announce- insignia of the Royal Persian Order
me « . 0 f the Lion and Sun, conferred upon
-r., e f: ll5 ' 1812.—His him by that Sovereign as a distin-
li-.+I hw 1 lliess , Pnnce-Regent guished testimony of his royal regard
.i' , . jpP "i.the name and on and esteem. And also to command,
t i i ^ ve that the said royal concession and de-
c ^ arat i on be registered, together with
-p i t' i- p C 111 e service of the the relative documents, in the College
anc l 1 lat ® Envo y of A ™s. And, as a further mark of
GovprrfS f fT- fr ° m , t 1 he Supreme his Majesty's royal favor, his Royal
Persia his Mni. f ' . i f- rt Highness the Prince-Regent was this
•' • * .;J es J. s 10 J a l license and day nleased, in the name and on the
at • I'Tn—xr- uv '" a - 11 uis ivxajesiy, to confer the
i e n S honor of Knighthood upon the said
6 ma y acce P t ail( l wear the Lieutenant-Colonel John Malcolm."