File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎652v] (952/1080)

the sale of livestock. It is probable this migration is due to fear of Bolshevik
Transcaspia? W UC ’ ^ everywllere 111 P r 0 8 Tes s in Russian Central Asia and
The observer notes an increase of ten men in all Afghan posts along the
Persian Frontier. He ascribes this to the Persians erecting blockhouses on the
" n0 - ( no *. con fi™ e d)- The_ Governor General of Khorasan is credited
with the intention of enrolling Barbaris of the late Khorasan Levy Corns
There is a large population of them in this area. ^ ^orps.
p! tr ^ n re P or t -—According to this the westerly troop movement hpfwnn
the 12th and 15th March was 39 carriages of Russian troopMt^ units and
same'period . 01 &art tr0 ° PS ' N ° movement eastwards is reported during the
98. Afghanistan. HW.—Muhammad Umar Khan has been dismissed f,.„
Ins post of Raib Salar of Herat. General Nabi Khan now in Kandahar is said
to be his successor A correspondent gives the cause of his removal as the
Imd LtTKabul arrangementS ’ ° f a large nmnber of Jamshedis whom he
(») The Amir has issued a firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). congratulating the Afghan soldiery on
their acceptance of Rs 14 per mensem as pay which is less than their due which
compiaki tradlStm0tl0n t0 110 COnduCt ° f soldiers of other armies who incessantly
f'Sl M Sar i 4 n ma f Kha l n ’ Ad .-iotant of Jadid cavalry, has left with ten sowars
him 3 Mursbab wbere lle will be in command. Saiad Isa Khan relieves
(iv) A company of the 9th Herat Regiment has returned from Qila Nao.
Zulfil-ai^ COmlJany o1 ' tIle 3rd tlerat Regiment has returned from Dahan-i-
0 ) A party consisting of lulusov’s secretary, his brother, (both Jews) and
vo 1 mkman interpreters left for liussia via Clialiil Duklitaran with an escort
to the frontier of eight mounted men, the secretary travelling in a palanquin.
(vi) Objection has been taken to beggars approaching the Russian Consulate
to receive alms such charity being considered to have a political bias.
(viz) A rissaldar returning from Chahil Dukhtaran reports that about a
month ago an officer from Kushk visited Colonel Abdul Rahim and upbraided
him m a friendly way for the lack of confidence in the Bolsheviks evinced by the
Afghans. He protested the cordiality of Bolshevik sentiments “ despite which
the BiuRsh Mission was invited to Kabul. Nevertheless the Bolsheviks have
o(),()00 men on the frontier and could overrun Afghanistan with ease.” He was
told Afghanistan could preserve her integrity against any invader.
m i An arr ™ 1 re h° r t ed a concentration of 12,000 troops at Panjdeh and
ia.vhta Bazar. Although this ]S probably greatly exaggerated reports from
the latter place have lately indicated an augmentation of troops.
(i%) An arrival from Ghazni states that the Governor has been dismissed
on account of the murder of Bravin while the Ghaznavis have been fined a
large sum in default of surrendering the murderer. Some emigration is cited
as a consequence of the intolerable nature of the fine.
O) The eight Indians who were in custody in the Chahar Bagh have been
released. Their further disposition is not known.
Meshed ;
29 th March 1921.
H. J. WALLIS, Major,
Military Attache, Meshed.