'Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected information. Issue No. 3. Supplement. 1st to 31st December 1919'

Content

The file consists primarily of summaries of letters, memoranda, and reports dated between 26 November 1919 and 5 January 1920; the subject matter concerns Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. These summaries are divided into a series of sections which are as follows:

• I. Bolshevik Missions to Kabul;
• II. Afghan Relations with Bokhara and Khiva;
• III. Intrigues at Tashkend;
• IV. Afghan Mission to Kushk;
• V. Movements in Afghan Turkestan;
• VI. Afghan Mission to Moscow;
• VII. Movements in Ferghana and Semirechia;
• VIII. Bolshevik relations with Bokhara, Khiva and Samarkand;
• IX. Afghan-Bolshevik Commercial Relations;
• X. Barkatullah;
• XI. Afghan Aggression into Russian Territory: Afghan political Relations with Bolsheviks in Turkestan;
• XII. Kasim Beg;
• XIII. Pan-Islamism and anti-British Schemes;
• XIV. Bolshevik Designs on Persia;
• XV. Bolshevik assistance to Afghans in Material, &c.;
• XVI. Miscellaneous: (a) Movements of Bolshevik troops in Transcaspia. (b) Food and fuel situation in Bolshevik area. (c) Intrigues with Trans-Caucasia;
• XVII. Appreciations of the General Situation.

Section XVII contains substantial extracts from letters, memoranda, and reports rather than the usual summaries. Sections IV and XII are empty; nil is used to indicate that there are no reports in these sections for the period in question.

The following titles are abbreviated in the file as indicated: Chief of the [Imperial] General Staff (CGS); Director of Military Intelligence (DMI); and Foreign Secretary (FS) — most likely — to the Government of India.

Extent and format

1 file (8 folios)

Arrangement

The file is divided into seventeen sections outlined in a table of contents on the first folio.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/A186

History of this record

Date(s)

Jan 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

BolshevismPanislamism

Places

AfghanistanPersiaTurkestan

People & organisations

Chief of the General StaffDirector of Military IntelligenceGovernment of India, Foreign Secretary

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'Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected information. Issue No. 3. Supplement. 1st to 31st December 1919', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/A186, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x00035e> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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