File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎448r] (543/1080)

APPENDIX.
No Bolshevik press was received during the week.
Ittifaq-i-Islam,” published at Herat, September 19th, 1921.
News oe the Interior.
A letter from Ahmad Ali, of the Afghan Education Department, Maimaneh,
is published by the paper. The correspondent says that from the time the
ears of the people first heard the music of the trumpet which proclaimed the
Independence of His Majesty the Amir the sun of knowledge which shines over
the souls of the people of Afghanistan increases in splendour every day. It is
because of this effulgence that every corner of the kingdom reflects sagacity
and wisdom:
The World must return a full measure of thanks (to God)
For the prize of such a keeper as this (the Amir).
For some time past with the assistance of our wise ruler, many institutions
for the education of the young and promising sons of the country have come
into being which, with silent eloquence, proclaim
0 ye sons of the soil, of toil, and of work,
Now is your time for knowledge and for study.
The paper comments briefly on an article appearing in the Meshed paper
“ Mehr Munir” whose title is “The Unity of Persia and Afghanistan is only
natural and should be given official status.” The article was originally contri
buted by the late Zia-ud-din of Abbasabad to the paper “ Orvatul Wusqa ”
(“ The Strong Cord ”) and w r as reproduced by the Meshed paper. The editor
of Ittifaq-i-Islam considers the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. is influenced by true affection for Islam
and has discovered in the union of the tw r o countries the true means to civiliz
ation. He recommends that the subject matter of the article should be com
mitted to memory by every member of the Persian and Afghan nations who
should convert its theory into practice.
The arrival in Herat of His Excellency Jamal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .—The paper writes
that as His Excellency is an endeared guest of the Government it is incumbent
on every Afghan to accord him a worthy reception.
Foreign Intelligence.
The arrival of the Afghan Delegation in London.
The advance of Greek forces on the western front near Qara Hissar and
the simultaneous advance of Turkish troops near Ismid and Askishehr.
Celebrations in the Aegean Legation in Teheran on the occasion
oe the Third Anniversary of the Independence of Afghanistan.
The Afghan Minister delivered a speech, the gist of which was—He
thanked all present and said he took great pride in entertaining the Prince
Atizad-us-iSaltaneh, the Prime Minister, and other notables on behalf of his
beloved Sovereign who, after the declaration of his independence, appointed
him to the Court of His Imperial Majesty the Shah to bring a message of
friendship which has united the two great Powers in one solid alliance.
Bemarking at length on the assistance, kindness, and consideration wdiich he
had received from the Shah, the Prime Minister, and other responsible persons
during his tenure of office, the Minister went on to say that the independent
State of His Majesty the Amir had one and only one desire, and that was that
there should exist perpetual, strong, and sincere, friendly relations between the
two great Islamic countries.