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Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’ [18v] (36/299)
The record is made up of 1 file (148 folios). It was created in 16 Mar 1931-12 Oct 1934. 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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persons not in possession of these
permits when travelling by rail or
road would be arrested and im
prisoned.
(iv) Arrest of would-be emigrants to
Afghanistan. —36 Baluch families
who formerly lived in the area of
1 ulatan were recently arrested by
the G. P. U. while trying to escape
into Afghanistan. They have been
brought to Merv and are now in
prison.
{v) Merv-Kushk Railway Service.—X
passenger train runs daily between
Merv and Kushk and vice versa.
14. The following information which is
dated 14th March 1931 has been received
from Dushambe :—
(?) Some 500 Uzbek families have re
cently arrived in Dushambe from
Andijan and Marghelan areas and
have since been despatched to the
Pamirs to work on State farms
( i£ Sovhozy ”). The Tajiks are
displeased at the arrival of these
Uzbek cultivators.
(h) Serious trouble is taking place it^
the Pamirs, due to the introduc^
tion of “collectivism” in that area..
The local native inhabitants who
are reported to be partially armed
refuse to be “ collectivised ” and
are offering considerable resist
ance against the introduction of
this system in their midst.
{iii) A large electric power station and
also workshops for repairing aero
planes are now in the process of
being erected in Dushambe.
L. STEVENI, Major,
British Military Attache, Meshed.
The D. D. M. I., A. H. Q., Simla.
Distribution :—
As usual.
28th March IQSL 8 ^ ^ departure of lbe Mllltar y Attache to India no summary was issued for the fortnight i
nuing on iqq
1IC83FD—25—12.5.31—GI Pa
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Printed and typewritten fortnightly intelligence reports, submitted by staff at the British Consulate at Meshed [Mashhad]. Reports dated up to June 1931 were submitted by the British Military Attaché at Meshed (Major Leo Steveni). Reports after June 1931 were submitted by the Secretary to the British Consul at Meshed (Major Lancelot George Werge Hamber; Major Richard Henry Stevens).
The reports are organised into three geographic regions: 1) Khorasan province in Persia [Iran] (including Meshed); 2) Herat province in Afghanistan; and 3) the ‘Central Asian Republics’ (corresponding to present-day Turkmenistan, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). Each report is further arranged under miscellaneous subject headings that include:
- military affairs, including conscription
- administrative and civil affairs
- economic affairs
- trade and customs
- roads and communications
- specific to Khorasan: Persian officials, refugees from Russia, and Soviet activities in Persia
- specific to the Central Asian Republics, the activities of the Basmachi movement
Minute papers are enclosed in front of many reports, containing notes made by 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. staff commenting on items of note in the report.
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- 1 file (148 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. The subject headings and subheadings in each report are numbered with Roman numerals. Reports dated to September 1931 have indexes at the front, which refer to these headings and subheadings.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-148; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:149v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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