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Those demands wore made in London on 11th of July 1839, but it took a
long time before the Persian Government could be persuaded to comply with
them all. Tho 8hah’s greatest objection was to the evacuation of Ghorian.
But tho determined attitude of the British Government and his anxiety for the
ovaouation of tho Karrak island compelled him to accede to tho essential
demands ono by one.

(ii) Removal of Mirza Assad from tho Governorship ef Bushire, June 1830—Tlio British
Envoy returns, October 1811.
On the 5th June 1839, Mirza Assad the Govornor and Bakir Khan tho
Military Commandant of Bushire, wore invested with tho dressea of honor
alluded to therein as having been sent down from tho Shah.
566. On the 8th June, however, Mirza Assad received an intimation from
the Wazir of Pars that he was removed from tho Government of Bushire,
and Mirza Mahomed Hussein Khan (tho "Wazir’a son-in-law) appointed in
his room. A letter to Captain Hennell's address from tho Shah’s news-writer
in that town informed him, that the removal of Mirza Assad from his situation
had boon direoted by the authorities of Pars, in order to prove tho sinoere desire
entertained by them for a renewal of tho former friendly relations with the
Bnglisb.
667. Mirza Assad left Bushire and took up his residence in the neigh­
bourhood where he intended to wait the reply of tho Prince of Shiraz to a
petition got up by the Chief Mullah and merohants of the place for his being
reinstated in the Government. The town was for the moment under tho charge
of Bakir Khan. Some of the head servants of the new Govornor have arrived
and the Khan himself is expected in the course of a few days.
568. The Persian Government had now performed the essential conditions
on which the British Government had consented to re-establish diplomatic
relations between the two 8tates. A mission was accordingly despatched from
London under the direotion of Sir John McNeill, which arrived at Teheran on
11th October 1841 and was moat cordially received by the Shah.