ملف رقم ٥٢ لسنة ١٩١٢ الجزء ٣ "يوميّات بلاد فارس" [و‎‎٨‎٨] (١١٢٨/١٨٦)

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Sistan and Kain Consulate Diary, No. 31, lor the week ending the 3rd August
1918.
Personnel.
August 2nd. —Lieutenant-Colonel Pye, C.I.E., 98th Infantry, arrived at Sistan.
News from Afghanistan.
( 1 ) Two more consignments of ammunition, one of 50 camel loads and the
other of 36 camel loads, have reached Kala-i-Kang from Kandahar.
( 2 ) Three guns, drawn by 12 horses, are said to have reached Girishk for
Kala-i-Kang.
(3) The construction of the new fort at Kala-i-Kang is proceeding apace.
The Brigadier himself is constantly inspecting the work.
(4) The Governor of Kandahar has ordered the Khans of Garmsel to provide
coohes for the construction of two forts at Sukalak in Koh-pusht, opposite Amir
Chah.
(5) It has been said in the Brigadier’s Majlis that the Amir contemplates
resigning his throne to Sardar Nasrullah Jan, because the former is bound by his
treaties to the British Government.
“ The Afghan army is depressed at the thought of losing Afghanistan, because
there is unrest in Kandahar.”
( 6 ) Mahomed Wali Khan, son of Mahomed Umar Khan, Sanjarani of Bandar
Kamal Khan, is being oppressed by the Governor of Farah, and has consequently
offered him a bribe of 6,000 krans and 12 camels. Mahomed Umar Khan is still in
Kabul.
(7) The people of Chakhansur are stealthily sending their surplus grain—50
camel loads a night—to Persian Sistan (Lutak, Seh Koha, etc.) for sale. This is
to save it from being confiscated by sowars from Farah.
Cholera.
A telegram from Dehaneh Baghi, dated July 29th, announces three deaths from
Cholera in a Sistani caravan returning from Kerman. One death occurred at Gurg,
one at Nasratabad Sipeh and one at Geragheh. It is rumoured in Sistan that some
members of the caravan avoided the Sistan quarantine cordon and reached their
homes.
F. B. PRIDEAUX, Lieutenant-Colonel,
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul
for Sistan and Kain.
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