File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎573r] (793/1080)

Imperial Hussian Consulate General # six in number, have been
required to surrender tbeir arms in accordance wit> the
provisions of martial law now obtaining. The demand has
been complied with.
Haji Muawin-us-Sanayeh, formerly a contractor for the building
of the British betted encampment, has bean summonsed to
appear before a Military Court on charges of non-disbursement
of pay dut to work people employed by him.
Complaint against the excesses of gendarme street patrols is
reported to be general.
A Gendarms school has been instituted at which officers also
are required to attend. A surplus of school wall atlases
in Homan and Persian characters was offered by this office
to the Mil it ry Governor General through H. B. M. Consul
General for the use of students add was gratefully accepted.
Bet .chments of gendarmes are reported to be in preparation
for various sub-provincial centres. The Teheran-Meshed road
is said to be piqueted throughout its length. {83i miles) ' "
It is hoped to raise Uie military force in Khorasan to 7000.
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sServic© in the gendarmes is said to be increasingly popular.
The Bar bar i chiefs have been asked to provide 1000 men and
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have agreed to 5000 as their contribution. Some 60 of
British ex-service Barbari sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. with seme officers have
been enrolled. Their emoluments are the same as for Persians.
The Timuri and Hazara chiefs have been asked by the Military
Governor General to provide 300 sowars respectively.
Many refugees from Bussia have been enlistee. A class of
instruction for candidates for non-commissionee rank has been
initiated in the Gendarmes r school.
Bolshevik i-oliev . Since the departure of the Minister
designate for Tehran Bolshevik activities have appeared to
she little more than nascent. On the other hand indications are
!not wanting demonstrative of considerable activity in lersia
|in future, both with respect to propaganda and military
intelligence. Several persons have arrived from Russia
during the week under review to whom attention is being