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File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [689r] (1025/1080)
The record is made up of 1 item (540 folios). It was created in Jan 1921-Jan 1923. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Appendix 3 .
Extracts from the “ Ittifaq-i-Islam” Herat, dated 1st February 1921,
No. 23.
Text of Ami}"'s
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
abolishing slavery. —Recently converted Muslims
and Hazaras are also effected by this
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
under certain regulations quoted
in the text.
2 Extension of telephone. —Plan for linking up the Capital with all
important Centres by means of the telephone has been completed.
3. Bolshevik terms to Persia. —A reproduction from Tehran newspaper
the “ Watan,” giving the 16 points embodied in proposed Bolshevik terms to
Persia.
4. Americans in Siberia. —Report from London to effect that intimation
received from Moscow conveys information that a well-known American
financier has arrived in Russia with a view to carrying on negotiations in
matter of “ taking over ” certain portions of North-East Siberia and the
Island of Kamchatka, now in possession of Japanese. This concession is to
last for 60 years. Regions allotted are noted for their coal mines and oil
fields. A Syndicate of American financiers is to administer the concern.
5. Eusso-Polish peace .—
6 . Anti-Bolshevik rising. —Brief report of an anti-Bolshevik rising under
Imam Shamel in hilly districts of Eastern Caucasus. Bolsheviks are supposed
to have suffered 4,000 casualties and lost 100 machine guns so far.
7 . Extraordinary long-range guns in Germany.—
8 . Decreasing population of Japan. —Mortality of 4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
amongst popu
lation of country last year due to influenza, cholera, etc.
9. Tehran news. —Bolsheviks have promised to give Krasnovodsk and one
or two other places to Persia in exchange for Sarakhs.
SGPl Delhi—242(8) CGS-10'3-2L~ 60
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The item consists of Part 1 of the subject file 1341/1921: 'Meshed Consular & Intelligence Diaries (1921-1922)'.
It contains numbered periodical (mainly weekly) reports relating to Persia [Iran], initially each called an 'Intelligence Summary' and later called a 'Meshed Intelligence Diary'. The reports cover the period of the week ending 1 January 1921 to the period ending 1 January 1923. They are initially issued by the British Military Mission, Meshed [Mashhad, also known as Mashad or Meshad], and later by the Military Attaché, Meshed. The intelligence summaries, and diaries, relate to political, foreign, military and diplomatic affairs in the locality and the neighbouring regions and are variously arranged under (chiefly) the following headings: 'Khorasan and North-East Persia'; 'Herat and Afghanistan'; 'Russian Turkistan'; 'Khorasan'; 'Cis-Frontier'; 'Trans-Frontier'; 'Afghanistan'; 'Bolshevik Garrisons'; 'Local'; 'Transcaspia'; 'Bokhara'; 'Tashkent'; 'Central Russia'; 'Khiva'; 'Ferghana'; 'General'; and 'Samarkand'. The summaries often include appendices which are usually extracts of local and national newspapers published in the regions and countries of interest, including Nabat , Rosta , Izvestia , Ittifaq-i-Islam , Bednota, Prolitarii , Sharq-i-Iran, and Pravda . Other appendices contain details of Bolshevik Garrisons in the region.
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- File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922'
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