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'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information' [10v] (20/34)
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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11683. AI., 22ml August. Statement by Agapiev (Russian lawyer) from Tashkent!.
Kasim Reg’s policy. Persia is given a prominent place in the Bolshevik
programme in Asia because she affords good sail for sowing of Bolshevik ideas
(owing to down-trodden condition of poor classes), and because Turkestan not
being self-supporting needs the rich province of Khorassan : this, whether won
by force or by propaganda, is a lure to Turkestan.
12065. Ah, 3rd September. Kasim Beg’s policy towards Persia. Pact that Shah
went to Constantinople in British warship and was last heard of at Prinkipo has
been seized on by Kasim Beg, who published widely that we have interned Shah
for life as preliminary to annexing Persia. He argues that to save'Persia from
falling into our hands, all good Mahometans should at once occupy any adjacent
parts of Persia and so preserve them for Islam.
l.S. 117o S., loth August. Ah, 0th August. Askabad agent had interview with
Kasim Bog, who has started branch of his society “Muhammadan Communists ”
in Askabad. Committee all Caucasus Turks. Object is nominally regeneration
of Islam, but actually admitted to he destruction of all British power in the
East.
Kasim Beg says British, by occupying and destroying Holy Places and by
turning St. Sophia into Christian Church are seeking to humble and annihilate
Islam. He says he is one of a group of 24 under a vow to regenerate Islam and
destroy British.
Kasim Beg was three months in Khiva and worked wonders there, but his
work has been rendered of no account by action of Amir of Bokhara.
Kasim Beg ridicules talk of real peace between Afghanistan and British.
Afghanistan is not yet quite ready (for Islamic movement), nor is India ripe.
But time is soon coming when great Aluhammadan movements in India and
Afghanistan simultaneously will destroy power of British. He hopes with aid of
active young Caucasians in Aleshed to remove present British spell over
Khorassan. Possible connection between Enver
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and Kasim Beg.
12418. M., 9th September. Kasim Beg raising loans on Herat. Announces he has
positive news from Baku that British are in full flight from C aucasus, abandoning
Armenians and Georgians as they abandoned Trans-Caspia, and will shortly
abandon Turkestan. Ex-Shah now on his way to Persia and with help of
Bolsheviks, l urks and Afghans, will eject British. Bolsheviks shortly bringing
fleets of aeroplanes for the Royal Ghazi, Amanulla.
12358 V., 10 th September. Dangerous activities (in respect of Persia and Afghanistan)
of Turk Kasim Beg, who by his political connections can appeal with greater
chance of success to Moslem elements.
13626. Ah, 4th October. Herat Agent. Letter to Governor of Herat from Kasim
Beg at Kagan :—
(A.) Herat. 1. Agent who has special facilities reports 28th September:—
Governor of Herat received letter from Kasim Beg. from Kagan. Kasim Beg
states lie has left Askabad after most successful stay, during which he has
solidified Alahometan feeling, won over Turcomans and ensured Persian
sympathy. In Kagan he is supervising activities of “ Young Bokhara” party
and the training of political agitators. Persia has been sold to British, but time
is at hand when from north and north-west, kingdom of the foolish and deported
Shah will be invaded by vast Bolshevie and pan-Islam forces and the British
expelled. Afghanistan will be given large slice of Korassan and Persian
Baluchistan. Kasim Beg says he is on his way to Tashkend to meet German and
Turkish friends. “ \Ye are gradually winning over American opinion, the recent
Anglo-Persian treaty has alienated American and French Government who regard
it as typical British Imperialism and treachery to Allies. I give you my
strongest personal assurance that Bolshevics are real friends of Alahometans.
I can tell you privately, but with authority, that Bolshevics are getting ready
several fleets of aeroplanes and much heavy artillery for presentation to the
heroic Amir Amanulla.”
2. Correspondent states that Governor, who has throughout the last few
months been of moderate tendency, decided not to send on letter to Kabul as it
would probably only encourage extremists there.
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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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