File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎480r] (607/1080)

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Bek and Qadir Bek with others are incarcerated in Kushk Fort.
The soldiers of the garrison are addressed at times and bidden tobenrond of
fervmg despite hunger and an insufficiency of clothes. The hardships they unde^
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Afghanistan is spoken of as a friend.
•t T AKHT ^ B | zar - Ju7 y 26th.-—The general conditions are as have been des
cribed previously and need not be repeated, d
Turkmen families are emigrating to Afghanistan,
The country looks desolate and deserted.
Malaria is very prevalent.
. .. Termbz : i ul y ^nd. During about the first half of July a change was made
in the organization ot the garrison, its numbers being reduced about 60 ner rent
the|troops removed being drafted to posts along the Amu Darya as far as the
Uhmese frontier. J
As m all Bokharan towns, dbe garrison contains a proportion of Yash Bokhari
troops m addition to units of the Bolshevik army of occupation. The pay and
upkeep of these latter are a charge upon the Bokharan Government if the testimonv
to that effect ot a late resident of Termez can be accepted. J
There is an Afghan consul at Termez who is known by the title of “ Kalantar ”
Three Afglians, Paklawan, Mulla Abdul Karim, and the Consul himself were in
possession of arms and were arrested therefor. They had not been released up to the
date ot the report. 1
The compulsory education of children was started but abandoned as im
practicable — for what resason does not transpire. The steamer service is prac
tically suspended, about one steamer arriving every twenty da vs, F
Karshi July 21st to 30th.—The information regarding completion of the
Kagan-Karsm-Karki line given in last week’s Summary (page 15) is confirmed
It is surprising though that the railway people at Artik profess ignorance on this
point for they say they would be the first to be informed. On the other hand
several observers have stated that trains are actually running through to Imam
Jafiar Tappe. ° 8
The Bolsheviks now intend to continue the line to Kilif.
On the 23rd July a troop train — probably the first — arrived at I. J. TarniP
from Karshi with 600 men for Termez. ' * ’
Small parties of rebels were reported in the vicinity of Hissar. A small column
of 250 mounted men was sent in pursuit.
Land is being offered for sale at an assessment of one-tenth of the produce
The people wish to buy but the economic ruin of everybody has been so complete
that none possesses the means to purchase.
The Military Komissar is Marosin, Commander of Young Bokharans is
Zain-ud-din. The Governor of the town is Bakhtiarov.
Bokhara. July 29th .—The following is the narrative of a Hindu, Tola Bam
whose forefathers went to Bokhara 120 years ago trading in tea, silk, and practising
as money changers. k 8
The narrator had not been in India for 20 years prior to the Bokharan Revolu
tion; during the fighting in which his only son was killed. His shop which had
goods in it to the value of ten thousand pounds, was looted by the Bolsheviks. He
himself was taken prisoner and sent to Samarkand where he tvas unable to get
food for five days owing to his inability to eat food cooked by others. He was
eventually given uncooked rations when he did his own cooking for the rest of his
gaptivity which lasted a month.