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Charjui. 23rd August 1921. 2,500, 1,000 of these are in Old Charjui.
Unit 2nd Young Bokharan Regiment, of which 400 are mounted. 1,500 are in New
Chariui. Units, 8th Kazan Regiment, 6th Orenburg Cavalry. 8 guns, 2 of which
are at Old Charjui. 1 armoured car. 2 aeroplanes. 2 lorries. A projector.
Wireless.
Takhta Bazar. 27th August 1921.—\,000, 400 of this are mounted of 16th
Turkestan Cavalry Brigade (?). Infantry unit, 6th Samara Regiment. Of these
150 mounted men are at Maruchaq and 100 on Karki Road. 200 with one gun and
one machine gun are at Tashkopri. 1 lorry. 40 transport carts. Wireless.
Karshi. 25th August 1921. —2,000 including 600 cavalry. Part of this total
are Yash Bokharan troops the Bolshevik troops are cantoned near railway station,
others in, town. 3 guns, 2 aeroplanes. 1 armoured engine. Wireless. A projec
tor. 1 armoured car, 3 light cars. 2 lorries.
Samarkand. 21st August 1921. —2,000. 150 of these are mounted.
Units 7th Samara Regiment which has just relieved the 3rd Skobelev Regiment,
5th Semiriechian Regiment. 4th Orenburg Battery. Fortress armament 2 guns.
1 armoured car. 2 lorries 2 staff cars. 1 aeroplane. 2 projectors, one on rails,
one on bank of river Zarafshan. Wireless.
Andijan. 13th August 1921. — 1,000, majority Muslims. 6 guns. 4 machine
guns. 1 aeroplane. 2 armoured cars. 1 lorry. Wireless.
Namengan. 27th August 1921. —1,000, all Muslims except 10 Russians.
Unit, Namenghan Regiment, composed of local people under Haji Akbar. 2nd in
command Muhammad Jan Kari. Half of the unit is mounted. 4 guns and 8
machine guns in the Fort. Two large guns on trucks, each 15 feet long and 9
inches calibre and which can be traversed in any direction. 4 machine guns are on
the same trucks. These with an armoured locomotive, patrol the line to Kokand.
Tashkent.— 27th August 1921. —5,000. Majority Russians. Units 2nd
Tashkent Regiment of 4 battalions, 500 strong. Fortress Corps or detachment,
1,500 strong. City Mounted Police, 600, under Sixbai Sultan, a Sart. The Special
Department has its own force of 2,000, half of them mounted. There are some 50
guns in charge of the Fortress Corps, 1 armoured car. About 50 light cars, 4 large
aeroplanes for pilot and observer. 11 others requiring repairs. A projector.
Wireless.
215. Afghanistan.
Herat. August 26th to September 2nd — (i). The Bolshevik Consul returned
to Herat on 26th August and applied to the Naib-ul-Hukumeh for an interview
which was held in secret. It transpired later that the Consul told the Naib-ul-
Hukumeh that his health is failing and that he had received a month’s leave from
Tashkent while at Khushk. His secretary will officiate during his absence. He
asked to be provided with a “ takht-i-rawan ” or palanquin for the journey to
Kushk. He left with four pony loads of baggage and his Russian clerk on the
29th.
(ii) Before his departure the Bolshevik Consul asked the Naib-ul-Hukumeh
to remove Colonel Abdul Rahim Khan from Chahildukhteran, making that officer’s
ill-health a pretext. The Naib-ul-Hukumeh refused and, instead, promised to
send a hakim to treat the officer. The Naib-ul-Hukumeh has observed thet the
Bolsheviks have tried to win over Colonel Abdul Rahim to their side but, being
unsuccessful, now wish to have him removed.
(Hi) A letter was received on the 30th August from Suritz’ servant who wrote
from Kabul. He stated therein that he was leaving Kabul with his master after
the, Id Qurban (11th August). They would travel via Hazarajat to Herat.
i (iv) It is reported that the Bolshevik Consul-designate for Kandahar, who, it
may be remembered left for Kushk for medical treatment for his wife, will not return
and that someone else will take his place.
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