26. F.O. 195/228, Mosul, February 12, 1844, Stevens to Canning.

27. F.O. 78/2699, Erzeroom, May 28, 1844, Lt. Col. Farrant to Canning.

28. F.O. 195/228, Mosul, February 12, 1844, Stevens to Canning.

29. Anderson, History, 1:222.

30. F.O. 78/2699, Mosul, March 17, 1845, Mar Shimun to Canning.

31. F.O. 78/2699, Mosul, October 3, 1846, Rassam to Wellesley.

32. F.O. 78/2699, Mosul, October 19, 1846, Rassam to Wellesley.

33. Ibid.

34. Badger, The Nestorians, 1:369–370.

35. F.O. 78/2699, London, October 24, 1846, Palmerston to Wellesley.

36. F.O. 78/2699, Constantinople, October 19, 1846, Wellesley to Viscount Palmerston.

37. F.O. 78/2699, Tabreez, July 2, 1847, Stevens to Palmerston.

38. F.O. 78/2699, Constantinople, August 3, 1847, Cowley to Palmerston.

39. Ross, Letters From the East, 52.

40. F.O. 78/2699, Constantinople, February 17, 1847, Wellesley to Palmerston; F.O. 78/2699, Tabreez, July 2, 1837, Stevens to Palmerston.

41. F.O. 195/301, Mosul, November 26, 1847, Rassam to Cowley.