Jemal opened negotiations with the Government from his asylum, and was finally persuaded to leave Persia quietly.

It was said that he received generous treatment in the matter of his leaving, but I am aware that he stated he had cause for complaint on this head.

We must bear in mind, however, that he was a hot hater of the Shah, and a thorough 'irreconcilable.' On quitting Persia he went to Constantinople, where he appeared to be allowed such free expression of disrespect to his Sovereign that the Shah addressed a remonstrance to the Sultan, who stated in reply that Jemal was leaving for some remote place to employ himself in literary work.
As a native of Hamadan, Jemal-ed-Din is a Persian subject; he is also of the Shiah faith, though it is believed that, in order to make things easy for himself, he passes as a Sunni where the State religion is of that creed.

He was well received by the Shah on his visit to Tehran in 1890 as a man of learning and letters, and it is said that he accepted and enjoyed his hospitality.

This, however, did not prevent him plotting against his royal host, and doing his utmost to compass the downfall of the Kajar dynasty.