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'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information' [12r] (23/34)
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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XIV.- Bolshevik Designs on Persia.
10128. M., 24th July. Russians in Bolshevik Trans-Caspian army offering to desert.
(3 q g yf j i A. 6J29/M.O. 3, 0th June, M., 2nd June Afghans and Bolsheviks
eager to use ex-Shah of Persia as excuse for interfering in Persia, and raising
Bolshevik and Pan-Islam standard in that country.
10710. M,, Oth August. Kasim Beg in Askabad aiming at getting Persia to demand
withdrawal of British troops by intense Bolshevik-cum-pan-Islamic propaganda.
F.S 1175 S. M., 9th August. Askabad Agent’s interview with Kasim Beg, who
* ’considers that Khorassan is at present under spell of British ; but he hopes to
remove this with aid of active young Caucasians in Meshed and some leading
democrats.
11577. M., 22nd August. Statement by Polish chemist two years in Tashkend.
Bolsheviks intend to continue active propaganda in Afghanistan, and shortly to
extend work on largest scale to Persia, where they consider down-trodden
condition of great majority of population offers very promising held for Bolshevik
ideas.
1157C). M., 22nd-24th August. Merv Agent. Bolshevik’s Persian propaganda very
active.
11683. M. 22nd August. Statement by Agapiev (Russian lawyer) from Lashkend.
Persia is given a prominent place in Bolsheviks’ Asia programme as they
think political and economic conditions are most favourable for spiead ol
their ideas ; also because Turkestan is not self-supporting in food. Khoiassan
is therefore absolutely essential to them, and they consider tins most promising
way of winning over the starving Turcoman, who has no love^for lersians, and
will readily join in invasion and loot of Khorassan. Kasim Beg is woiking to
this end. . ....
12063. M., 3rd September. Kasim Beg urges that to prevent Persia falling into
British hands all good Mohammedans should at once occupy adjacent parts of
Persia and so preserve them for Islam.
12439. Kabul report 31st August. Amir of Afghanistan informs Persia [and Amir
of Bokhara] by letter of conclusion of peace with British.
[12358 10th September. Government of India appreciation of position. Necessary
" preliminary to action in Persia bv Bolsheviks would be reconciliation of hostile
elements in Turkestan ; but Bokhara definitely anti-Bolshevik and remainder
mostly hostile.]
13251) M., 27th September. Moscow W/T announcement. “ AccoiMing to com-
munication from Paris, the British Government has despatched ? 2,1)00 ersian
soldiers for the occupation of Askabad.” No move of Persian troops has taken
place, and possibly Bolsheviks have deliberately invented this to pick a quanei
with Persia. All information from Turkestan indicates that since publication o
Anglo-Persian Treaty, Bolsheviks’ attitude to Persians in 1 urkestan has become
very questionable. .
13499. M., 1st October. Merv Report. Bolsheviks’ treatment of Persians y ? m t leu
forces) growing harsher.
F.S. 1399. S., 3rd October. Amir of Afghanistan reported to have sent an
Ambassador to Persia. _
14193 17th October. M., 15th October. Frontier Report, 15th October, stringent
“orders have been isued by Tashkend Government for forcible evacuation of zone
approximately 10 miles broad on each side of Central Asia Railway throughout
its length. All tratlic into Persia is absolutely prohibited. hese orders are
locally interpreted as indicating large military movements towards Askabad front
Other sources of information, however, do not indicate that Bolshevtks have at
present any troops available for Askabad side, being sutbciently occupied with
Ferghana and the (?) Kizil Arvat front.
199 J ''
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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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- 'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information'
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