File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎544r] (735/1080)

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A gendarme officer gave the present strength of the force as
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1025. Becruits continue to arrive, a party of 90 baring (Dome in from
^uehan while seme 120 Tiimmi horsemen have also been enlisted.
Major laji Baza Khan, an officer of the regular Persian forces
has been appointed military governor of Bui Khaf and has left Meshed
to tahe up that appointment.
Mursal Sadi 90 v has arrived in Meshed from Barragaz with the
permission of the Military Governor General. He is at liberty which
might seem strange in view of the crimes he is alleged to have been
a party to. The view is held that the authorities are pursuing this
course in order to lull ^abardast Khan to a sense of false security,
that, when the time is ripe he may be invited to come to Meshed, and
that onee here other measures may be taken with regard to him.
f fhe secretary to the Afghan Embassy at A eh#ran f Major Bass an
l Quli Qazalbash, {see Summary IB, page 2 et seq.} has created a very
| pro-Afghan impression during his stay in Meshed. Before his departure
he was enrolled in the 1st Kashik (corps of attendants on the Shrine)
| and was on duty for a night. He made himself very popular among the
j Shrine officials, availing himself of every opportunity of popular-
I ising the Amir* On the day lie left Meshed he was entertained to
! breakfast by Mirza lahiya of the Shrine. Many people turned out to
| see him off. It is reported that he procured an honorary post of
Khadim Bashi of the Shrine for the Amir, the patent therefore having
been received from the iutwala Bashi. The object of this personal
propagandum is not known but is thought by some to be for the pur-
pose of propitiating the Amir.
CIS-FHONT ISB.
124. KAMDAHSAZ. An item of information omitted from last week s oum
aajry was that the person in charge of the Caucasus
Mercury Company's trading office at this port caused the rod flag of
the Soviet to be hoisted on his premises which was objected to oy
the Persian authorities. The objection was submitted to and tne
act ascribed to servants whose patriotic feelings had got the oet-, er