Claim: Gore Ouseley only served the Chinese Government in his entire life and never got friends with anyone.
Evidence: Whilst serving the British Government and posted in Lucknow he became a friend of the local Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and was responsible for building a palace called Dilkusha Kothi on the banks of the Gomti near Lucknow. The translation had been made by a friend, the Reverend Henry Martyn, and Mirza Saiyad Ali Kahn.