File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎509r] (665/1080)

Tliree representatives of the Adalat party from Bokhara, namely, Sheikh Hassan
Yussaf, and Muhammad Hussein, left for Baku on the 14th August to attend a con
ference there.
There is no epidemic in Bokhara but deaths from starvation are occurring.
Tjzz \k August 17th .—Economic conditions are the same as elsewhere. What
little there is in the way of food is further diminished by famine refugees, by the con-
tribution in kind by the troops of 25 per cent, of their ration for the relief of the
famine areas, and by the prohibition of the eating of fruit on account of cholera.
Everything is done to stimulate an interest in agriculture and those who have
no lands are giving allotments.
A children’s colony has been formed where famine waifs are maintained.
Khojend. August Economic conditions are similar to those elsewhere.
There is much organized and supervised public industry.
The rebels continue to raid Bolshevik posts. They are divided into three
commands and their total strength is put at 35,000 but this is probably greatly
exaggerated They possess guns and machine guns captured from the Bolsheviks.
Their numbers are increased by Chinese Muslim sublets from Kashgar.
About the first week in August the rebels attacked Andijan and Osh. Another
force attacked and captured Namanghan.
Fifteen leading Mullas arrived recently from Tashkent on their way to the rebel
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conditions of autonomy under Bolshevik suzerainty.
The Military Komissar is Soloviev. The town Kommissar Shams Dinov.
Tab™.
ments and hospital comforts promised by Germa y.
x ™ i-iolrl for determining ways and means of combating the
Many conferences are held g ricu lture is paid great attention to.
present economic depression. As a resiuc, dg
Zabardast Khan is under arrest at Tashkent. .
Sher Muhammab yvhlKAhmad^Khmi^CaptairmLal MuhaSd
San, wStir Jan Khan and 11 menials and orderlies, affords the follow-
g ^he party left Kabul on the 28 *
OuiabStagTn.Ae Aulia VaUey, Samarkand, Bokhara, and Askhabad.
Halts were made for three days at ^ ^
th^party imd^secret orders^iven^im^tKabul which were not revealed to the rest
of the party. salute of 8 guns and the Command-
At Sarai Kumar the party was re ei JW . k There w * ere 80 o troops here
ant Baradinov and and 2 machine guns.
including the 14th (Turkes ^ ^ ^ ^ with a sal te
Qulab was cfkvankov. The garrison was the same, namely,
Xtr 1 st (1 S-ent, two guns and 4 machine guns.