File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎407r] (461/1080)

They left for Kabul on the 12th where they intend to teach photography.
Their apparatus was conveyed in a mule palanquin.
(iv) The Bolshevik Consul asked the Naib Salar if a photograph might
be taken of his troops while on parade. The request was referred to the
Naib-ul-Hukumeh who said such was against orders.
( 0 ) Three Russian messengers arrived form Kabul on the 13th.
(vi; On the same day the Consul called on the Naib-ul-Hukumeh and
was with him for two hours.
(mi) A firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). has been received from Kabul ordering the disbursement
of pay to civilian employes once in four months and to the troops once in two
months as is customary.
(mii) The cooks, escort, and others of M. Suric and Jamal Pasha’s
personnel left for Kabul on the 9th with the exception of three Turks and
four sowars who remain in Herat for conveyance of Jamal Pasha’s despatches
when received.
(*#) A Jamshedi who accompanied the deputation from that tribe
reported last week is a Russian scholar and has been employed by the Naib-ul-
Hukumeh as a Russian translator. His name is Abdul Rahaman.
(#) A qasid arrived from Haji Mahmud Herati, Afghan Agent at Meshed,
on the 10th. He brought news of the death at Quchan of Colonel Muhammad
Taqi Khan. The Naib-ul-Hukumeh gave him Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 20 and a jubba as a
khilaat for the good tidings and directed him to Shuja-ul-Mulk where he
got another twenty tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. . Shuja sent his sons to the frontier to get the
news confirmed whereon they were to return to Bakharz with their families
and followers.
(#£) There was a raid from Russian territory into the vicinity of Qala
Nao. The raiders killed several khawanin sowars who opposed them and
then returned with two flocks of sheep.
(&ii) The Naib-ul-Hukumeh invited the Hazara chief, Shuja-ul-Mulk to
a dinner on the IHh.
(&m) The Naib Salar held two field days during the week under report.
On one occasion ten rounds of blank were issued to each man. The troops
took rations with them and were not back till the afternoon.
Meshed ;
The 16th October 1921.
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H. J. WALLIS, Major,
Military Attache.
Distribution—-
The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General, Khorasan.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Sistan.
Intelligence Bureau, Peshawar.
Intelligence Bureau, Quetta.
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