... doubtless very common-place for those Indian journalists who during the last few weeks have found a mare’s nest in the Persian Shah's visit to Meshed. The Moscow Gazette points out that the military occupation of Aulic ata and Turkestan to Jcezakh was ...

... barbarous, ignorant, superstitious, debauched, and debased, idle and devoid of good faith. Long tributary to the Persian Shahs, they had taken advantage of the confusion that followed Nadir's death to shake off their allegiance and form an alliance ...