Excerpt from Diplomatic Transactions in Central Asia, From 1834 to 1839
Gentlemen,
It was my intention to have transmitted to you my reply to the letter you have done me the honour of addressing me, together with an exposition of the diplomatic transactions between Great Britain, Persia, and Russia.
In the execution of this task I have unfortunately been delayed by other occupations, as also by the weak state of my health.
I therefore address to you the present letter, fearful lest this delay might in any way be misunderstood, and anxious to convey to you my sense of the responsibility which you have imposed upon me by the request which you have addressed to me.
As some time must still elapse before I am enabled to transmit to you my opinions upon this matter in an extended shape, you will perhaps allow me to offer you a few considerations upon the subject.
The conclusion to which I have come, after a minute investigation of these documents, is this - that the policy and alliances of the Indian Government previously to the invasion of Afghanistan, have been exactly the reverse of what they ought to have been, and exactly such as Russia would have desired - that the previous policy of the British Government, in regard to Persia, was exactly the reverse of that which should have been adopted, and exactly such as Russia would have desired - that the defence of the Affghans against the injustice of the Seiks was the only policy of the Indian Government - that the defence of Persia against the violence of Russia was the only policy of the Government of Great Britain - that the alliance of the Indian Government with the Seiks - that the alliance of the English Government with the Russians - imposed on us the duty of arresting their encroachments, or of separating ourselves from their alliance; that remaining the ally of the aggressive Seik, and of the aggressive Russian, England became a party to the aggressions of both, and thereby the enemy of Affghanistan and of Persia.
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