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powerful army at such a juncture created a very strong sensation throughout India. The British were greatly alarmed by his descent on India and his vast preparations to march on Delhi. But they were soon relieved of their anxieties to learn that Mahmud, the deposed ruler of Herat, had appeared at Farah with a large number of adherents and with the active support of the Shah of Persia. This unexpected manoeuvre forced Zaman Shah to return to his homeland. Soon after, rumours of his renewed preparations, coupled with the apprehension of an invasion of India by the French and a deputation of a secret embassy by Napoleon to establish his influence in Tehran, aroused the British to take prompt measures for the security of their Indian Empire. Captain Malcolm was accordingly deputed as Envoy to Persia to induce Fateh Ali Khan Kajar to bring pressure upon Zaman Shah by attacking Khurasan and Herat and thus preventing him from his threatened invasion of India. The mission was completely successful. A treaty of friendship was signed. The Shah of Persia engaged to lay waste the western part of Afghanistan if Zaman Shah attempted to invade
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