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'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information' [5v] (10/34)
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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8049, 13th June. Report current in Herat of Bolsheviks arriving Kushk to assist
Afghans and supply arms and ammunition.
8dO(5. M., IGth June. Bolsheviks at Kushk are awaiting Amir's permission to send
detachment into Afghanistan.
loddo. M., 5th October, failure of Herat shrine custodians’ mission due to jealousy
of Afghan mission at Kushk.
13818. H., 9th October. Merv. Afghan of importance, Ghulam Rasul Khan,,
expected at Merv from Kabul via Charjui, 20th September.
139:r. ; M., 14th October. Herat report. Six important Afghans halted at Dedara
'i’ajxa, waiting for important Bolshevik officer from (? Kabul, Kushk) to smooth
their way.
O.G.S.-D.M.L, X. 350, 13th October. M., 12th October. *** K—T., ]2th October.
1 o-day at 11.10 the Afghanistan Mission crossed into Russian territorv. ■ It is
commanded by the Colonel of whom we have informed you. They number
about 250 armed men. From the appearance of their transport it is evident they
liave much war material with them. The Colonel rode into the fortress (i.e.,
Kushk) with his officers. 1 he transport went past the fortress. In conversation
they explained, in the form of an ultimatum, that they were going on to Bokhara
and Khiva for agitation among Mohametans. We tried to get (? vou) on the land
hue for an answer, but failed. The Colonel said : 4 If in an hour' 1 do not get a
reply, I shall go on without permission.’ Please foward urgent orders in cypher.”
V.—Movements in Afghan Turkestan.
IOKk M ,26th July. Bolsheviks suggest immediate start in connecting Kushk
and Herat by rail.
C ' G '?r~v T ?'‘) I ' T ” 3) f)th : Jlllie - M ’ 3rd June. Merv report, 24th Mav.
n\ i llS ’T^ eill | ;i ! ls i . lU( * ^ us lrians arrived at Panjdeh via Maimana for
ilolsnevik and Pan-Islamic propaganda.
10652. M., Merv agent, 2< th July. Bolsheviks sent some troops to Kushk.
10895. M., 9th August. In view of their commitments in Afghanistan, Bolsheviks
asked Amir for permission to repair Kagan-Termez railway. Amir refused on
tne ground that caravans and vessels on the Oxus were ample for trade
requirements.
m73 ' J - W* lr ei-v Agent, 9th August. Bolsheviks contemplate pulling
Up 'uevv-lviislik railway owing to (1) theii-distrust of Afghans on conclusion of
peace with British, (2) their need of rails elsewhere.
115<o. Herat-Kushk road reported closed to keep out Bolsheviks, against whom
popular feeling is very high.
Uo/b. M., 22nd-21th August. 2ferv Agent reports on receipt of news of Afghan
peace with British, Bolsheviks sent 250 troops to Kushk.
11909. M., 0 1st August. A Russian arrived in Meshed from Trans-Caspia via
Kaakha says that Germans are undoubtedlv organising the whole Bolshevik
Asiatic campaign.
*r % 3Ist M^-Sbarif Agent’s report. Russian (anti-
Bolshevik) refugees expelled from Afghanistan.
12,9 G . M., 18th September. Merv Agent report, 8th September. Seventy Bolsheviks
sent to Kushk.
PM29, 2oth September live Afghan officers have gone from Herat to Kushk either
tor pan-lslamic Jehad or to act as consular agents in larger towns.
18 b!4, 2nd October. Eleven Germans or Austrians have left Kabul for Herat,
linrty Russians arrived m Kabul from .Mazar-i-Sharif with 200 camels believed
to be loaded with Bolshevik munitions.
1349°. Confirms 13434 and adds that the 30 Russians are all artificer-mechanics.
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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)
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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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