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heavy for pack transport. The Naib-ul-Hukumeh wished to make them info
eight packages but the Bolshevik Consul protested. A compromise was
arrived at by sending the boxes on gun carriages via Kandahar.
iii. A consignment of 20 3-line rifles and one load of S. A. A. was
confiscated on the frontier at Dahn-i Zulfikar and sent into Herat where the *
authorities allowed the men who had brought it from Meshed to dispose of
it in the bazar.
iv. Colonel Abdul Rahim Khan arrived ill from Chahildukhteran
for treatment. Rissaldar Faqir Muhammad is carrying on for him. The
Naib-ul-Hukumeh gave him a general officer’s uniform in red velvet. He was
ordered to leave on the 16th and it is said he is going to take over Kushk
and Panjdeh. This lacks confirmation.
v. A'company of the Jadidi Kabuli battalion at Gulran returned to
Herat having been relieved by a company of the Khaki battalion.
A company of the 3rd Herati Regiment arrived at Herat after relief
by the Khaki battalion at Qala Nao.
The Officer Commanding Kandahar battalion has been warned to re
lieve the battalion at Maimana.
vi. Ghulam Haidar Khan, Governor of Qala Nao, has gone to Mur-
ghab whence he will go to Panjdeh. The reason is not known.
vii. Colonel Zulfikar Khan who escorted the Bolshevik Plenipoten
tiary to Kabul has been promoted to Cavalry Brigadier. He has returned
to Herat.
viii. It is rumoured that an Italian Minister to Kabul is coming to
Herat via Meshed.
ix. A draft for 1,147 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. was presented at the Treasury for the ex
penses of Saiad Muhammad Ismail, proceeding to Italy as Afghan repre
sentative.
Meshed ;
The. 27th November 1921,
H J. WALLIS, Major,
Military Attache,
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Distribution :—
The Chief of the General Staff, Delhi.
Foreign and Political Department, Delhi,
His Majesty’s Minister, Teheran.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul General, Khorasan.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Sistan,
Intelligence Bureau, Peshawar,
Intelligence Bureau, Quetta,
L 732(S) F&P D