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'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information' [4r] (7/34)
The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in Nov 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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13932. M., 12t]i October. Bokhara Agent report. Four hundred Afghans went
down Oxus to Kerki ; there stopped by Turcomans and Bokhariots and turned
back, &c., &c.
C.G.S.—X. 350, 13th October. M., 12th October. K.T., 12th October.
Afghan Mission at Kushk crossed into Russian territory, announcing that they
were going on to Bokhara and Khiva for agitation amongst Mahometans.
13933. M., 14th October. Mission of Herat shrine officials to Turkestan. Agent
claims to have learned of Amir’s
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
, dated 27th July, inciting these
officials to go to Turkestan in order to counteract the machinations of the
British, who by (? wprd omitted) and fraudulent stratagem had led the people of
Turkestan astray and deceived them, greatly to danger of Islam and against
the 'interests of Afghanistan. “ We, therefore, open your eyes, order you to
increase disdain of Turkestan of the nostile intentions of the British and of our
sympathy, warn them to be wary of trap of (? peace) (? favouring but deceitful
British. Report result to our blessed presence. Strain every nerve to bring
your blessed mission to successful issue.”
It is generally believed shrine officials will again be sent to Turkestan (See
14238 and 14828.)
14007, 16th October. Kabul report. One infantry and one cavalry regiment left
for Kerki early September “at request of” Amir of Bokhara; to be followed
later by drill instructors (but cf. 13932), and a high official. (See 14794.)
C.G.S.—11.M.I., X. 323. Oth October. M., 3rd October. Iv.—T. Report by
Bolshevik Commissary at Kushk that Afghan Mission under Col. Mirza
Mohamed were offered rail transport toTashkendon 30th September, but refused
as they had no work at Tashkend; and requested permission to proceed to
Khiva, the Amir's orders to them being to agitate not only Turcomans but all
Mohamedans. Bolshevik suspicion of Afghan Mission, which has retired to
Chihil Dukhtar, and there been joined by more Afghans.
14238. V., 20th October. Meshed report. Shrine custodians from Herat have
entered Russian territory, via Bala Murghab, and proceeded to Panjdeh.
14403. M , 21st October. It is stated by an Agent who has been to Kushk (10th
October to 12th October) that shortly before 10th October an Afghan General
namedNaim Khan passed through to Bokhara with six followers. A force of some
500 Afghans w r as on the frontier wanting permission to go to Bokhara. The
object is stated to be to persuade the Amir of Bokhara to drop his anti-
Bolshevik policy, failing which Afghans and Bolsheviks would together coerce
Bokhara by force. The Agent left Kushk at 8 a.m. on 12th October before the
frontier had been forcibly (sic) crossed by Afghan detachments.
(Note .—Naim Khan may he identified with Mirza Mahomed Khan.)
14464. M., 22nd October. Agent from Bokhara, 11th October.
Afghan Envoy in Bokhara is officially tolerated, and relations are formally
correct, but he is much disliked by Amir (of Bokhara) and State officials because
of his overbearing manners and boastful cordiality.
- Amir (of Bokhara) is constantly warned by Ins Agent in Tashkend to beware
of Afghan designs.
14794. V., 30th October. Afghan high official (see 14067) who went to Meshed
(? en route for 1 Bokhara), is reported to be All Ahmad Jan, late Chief of Afghan
Peace Delegation. Unconfirmed rumour that he has gone to fetch daughter of
Amir of Bokhara as bride for Amanulla.
14828. M., 29th October. The Herat Shrine custodians are having great success.
Local Turkmans are presenting gifts and kissing hands ; Shrine custodians
openly advocate alliance between Afghans and Turkmans. Latter are favourable
because they imagine it is anti-Bolshevik and not anti-British.
14920. M., 30th October. Herat Shrine custodians’ ultimate destination is said to
be Khiva. They are supposed to have received from Amir similar orders as
Afghan Mission intercepted by British last spring.
(Note .—The reference is evidently to the Mission under Abdul Karim Khan,
intercepted by Russians 30 miles north of Tejend on 23rd February, and brought
into Meshed. The Mission w*as on its way to Khiva, bearing, in response to
appeal dated two years before from Khan of Khiva for assistance from one
Mahommedan ruler to another to root out the unbelievers, a non-committal reply
199 B
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This file contains summaries of reports, letters and memoranda concerning Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan. The file is divided into a series of sections, each of which contains summaries of reports, letters and memoranda. Prominent correspondents include the Chief of the General Staff (officially known as the Chief of the Imperial General Staff during this period but referred to here as 'CGS'), the Directorate of Military Intelligence ('DMI'), the Secretary of State for India ('S'), the Foreign Secretary (abbreviated simply as 'FS'; given the department in which this file was produced it is most likely that 'FS' refers to the Foreign Secretary of the Government of India), and the Viceroy and Governor-General of India ('V').
The contents are listed as follows (the date ranges of each section are provided in brackets):
- I. Bolshevik Missions to Kabul (12 May-3 November 1919);
- II. Afghan Missions to Bokhura [Bukhara] and Khiva (8 June-3 November 1919);
- III. Intrigues at and with Tashkend (3 May-26 October 1919);
- IV. Afghan Mission to Kushk (3 June-14 October 1919);
- V. Movements in Afghan Turkestan (3 June-14 October 1919);
- VI. Afghan Missions to Moscow (28 May-2 November 1919);
- VII. Movements in Ferghana (2 May-20 October 1919);
- VIII. Bolshevik relations with Bokhara, Samarkand, and Khiva (12 June-29 October 1919);
- IX. Bolshevik-Afghan trade (27 July-12 October 1919);
- X. Barkatullah (18 July-13 October 1919);
- XI. Afghan aggression into Russian territory (2-31 October 1919);
- XII. Kasim Beg (24 July-19 October 1919);
- XIII. Pan-Islamism (30 May-30 October 1919);
- XIV. Bolshevik designs on Persia (24 July-31 October 1919);
- XV. Bolshevik Promises of Assistance to Afghans (16 June-2 October 1919);
- XVI. Miscellaneous (21 July-31 October 1919);
- XVII. Government of India's appreciations of position, etc. (23 June-10 September 1919).
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- 1 file (17 folios)
- Arrangement
The file contains a table of contents on the second folio. The table of contents is seventeen lines long and it gives the titles of the individual sections of the file. The rest of the file proceeds according to the sections listed in the contents.
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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.
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