No doubt the doctor will be of use to you and to your dependents.

I hope our friendship will continue to be strengthened, and that intercourse will be carried on between us.
_From_ GENERAL KAUFFMANN _to the_ AMIR SHER ALI, _dated 29th December, 1878 (=17th Muharram, 1296)_.
(After compliments.) The Foreign Minister, General Gortchakoff, has informed me by telegraph that the Emperor has directed me to trouble you to come to Tashkent for the present.

I therefore communicate this news to you with great pleasure; at the same time, I may mention that I have received no instructions about your journey to St.Petersburg.My personal interview with you will increase our friendship greatly.
_Translation of a letter from_ MAJOR-GENERAL IVANOFF, _Governor of Zarafshan, to the Heir-Apparent, _MAHOMED MUSA KHAN, _and others_.
On the 26th of Rabi-ul-Awul, at an auspicious moment, I received your letter which you sent me, and understood its contents.

I was very much pleased, and at once communicated it to General Kauffmann, the Governor-General.

With regard to what you wrote about the friendly relations between the Russian and Afghan Governments, and your own desire for friendship, I have the honour to state that we are also desirous of being friends.