File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎685v] (1018/1080)

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- ^ aJcu ' —21st January. 20,000 troops of mixed races but Musulmfme
in the majority. According to the statement of an officer the cavalry mim
bered 2,500. Both guns and motor transport were abundant but no detail!
could be furnished. 2 airplanes were observed in flying order and several
others were under repair, ' eral
Between the 10th and 21st January some 6,000 troops were desnatohed
m the direction of Tiflis. According to rumours some of these were destined
for the Persian frontier,
On January 16th 2 transports with about 600 troops in all arrived from
Krasnovodsk and a small transport with 50 details two days later. As far as
week^of JanuMy^ n ° tr0 ° PS embarked for Enzeli durin S the 2r “i and 3rd
w„ T lies 1 " ee , |,SKOrof Nanmanov—Javad Begor—is said to be out—Herodin®
Herod in barbarous repressive measures, and to have been given a freehand as
ni^n S e i?i U 1 ha ”, m v dai1 Inter alia compulsory education of
children on Bolshev.k lines has lately been enforced. ^ euucation of
twobaf 6 e P ide “ i °. dis ? ase is indifferently described as plague (taun) and cholera
, Q“ aralltl[ie inspection, however, entails an examination of the interior
hLfheen war in* SeV f ral Ce " tr f in Turkista n a n<i Transcaspia the public
has been warned by posler against proceeding to Baku on this account.) P
On the date of this informant’s departure the present triienlenf fn„„
regarding 1 ersia had not been adopted and the most friendlv sentiments town ,]
her were expressed, the withdrawal of troops from the St area announeed
Mulk SXr Bnt°VtV tyPe - f.Mushavvir-ul-Mamalik and Hanshur-ub
of
iuPefsS'for t0 empl0y the “Nation of troops at bZ
Beitish Military Mission ;
Meshed,
E, A. F. BEDL, Lieut.‘Colonel,
Gene?'al Staff.