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I would be happy to improve the lives of the Muslim citizens of citizens currently in the Russian Empire but I fear rot stop my attempts to vassalise the Emirate of Afghanistan as we believe the action is to protect Afghanistan's and her people from British encroachment on both their land and rights, But we will be happy to discuss such things during the Constantinople convention. We will also discuss the terms of release for Imam Shamil but ensure he is currently in good hands and is comfortably in exile under strict but , not to overly burdensome surveillance