File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎614r] (875/1080)

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lersiari oariikhs \7hare he has been for some two months negotia
ting with the Bolsheviks ai for the sale of Persian cereals.
Nevertheless he expressed his inability to give the name and
number oi w e unit in Kussian Sarakhs, saying it was icnown
popularly simply as n the infantry battalion ,, » In addition to
this unit there is aoout a squadron of oavalty with a rovij^g
commission vdiose duty it is to operate against robber chiefs,
the lerth npril tho garrison was stated to stand at
6 # 5Q0, due to the evacuation of Kushk and to increments
from Charjui though the reason of this latter is not apparent.
2,500 were said to have arrived from Kushk and 2,000 from Char-
jui. Phe majority of the troops and their impedimenta, also
six aeroplanes and ordnance were on rails.
iiiidiiA bj&AK - Garrison reported on April 15th as 800, the
majority being Muslims, About 2,000 troops arrived
from Kushk, some detraining at fakhta Bazar, some remaining in
their trains at fashkopri. A detachment of 1,500 had been left
at ICushk to work stores.
Phe Jdja^hdei detachment, 100 strong, was despatched towards
Tashkent.
CliARJUI . Garrison reported on April 19th us 2,500, of which 500
were Bokharan Hed troops garrisoning Old Char jui.
Artillery and ordnance stores in some cotton mills owned by a
Jew and situated midway between 014 and hew Char Jui.
6 field, 12 machine guns, 1 armou ed car, 2 aeroplanes.
^ Garrison stated to have been on the 12th
April 6,000 mostly Russians, Place well
defender. 4 armoured cars and 3 aeroplanes, of which latter two
fly over Khiva, Khanki, and Urganj.
KAGAN.fhe garrison on the 11th April was stated to be 3,000
majority Muslims (Naoghais). 7th Kazan regiment identi
fied but titular numbers of the other two units were not known.
Cavalry very few. 1 aeroplane, two heavy guns on trucks, 2
armoured railway wagons, two wireless stations.
BOKHARA.
Another informant gives the garrison on the 16th