ملف رقم ٥٢ لسنة ١٩١٢ الجزء ٣ "يوميّات بلاد فارس" [ظ‎‎٥‎١‎٧] (١١٢٨/١٠٤٥)

The matter may have to stand over for the present, but the two chiefs are now said
to be entrenching themselves in considerable force at a favourable spot some few
miles on the Persian side of the frontier where they are prepared to resist any
interference.
Fortunately M. Mikhailoff is about to be transferred. M. Nicolsky informed
me yesterday that his successor at Turbat-i-Haidari would be a Vice-Consul and
that he would be under Meshed. He added that he had himself been opposed to
the arrest of the Ilbaig; Kaudani and Mir Baki Sultan last year. M. Popoff is
being relieved at Karez, and it is hoped that M. Lemansky will be dismissed as
a result of the enquiry which has just terminated.
In this latter connection M. Mikhailoff has written acknowledging receipt of
the vernacular papers I had sent him and asking for a copy of Mirza Hasan Khan’s
statement. This is being despatched to him at Turbat-i-Haidari. He gives no
intimation of his views as to the conduct of MM. Popoff and Lemansky.
10. News from Karez.— Shu] a-ul-Mulk has been appealed to by the Ilbaigi
Kaudani and Mir Baki Sultan for help in their difficulty but has replied that he
cannot move.
11. It is reported that M. Popoff appealed to Shuja-ul-Mulk for a loan of money
and that the latter promised him 1,000 tumans as soon as he can sell his wheat.
Our agent hears that M. Popoff has already received from Shuja money and articles
to the value of about 2,800 tumans.
12. Shuja-ul-Mulk’s revenue officer has been asked by the head of the depart
ment in Tehran why the Governor has not recovered revenue grain for the last three
years, and has replied that the money has been used for payment of his sowars.
13. News from Herat. —The annual fair and races known as “ Jubbah ” took
‘ place on the 9th instant. They were attended by the Naib-ul-Hukumah, who gave
a place in his tent to our agent. The Germans, with Kazim Beg and Maulvi
Barkat-ullah, were in another.
14. The Naib Salar sent to the Naib-ul-Hukumah on the 10th a person dressed
as a Darvish whom he regarded as suspicious. As the man refused to answer
questions he has been put in chains, thus to remain until he speaks.
15. On the 10th a conflict took place between Naib Abbas, a servant of the
German party, and some camelmen owing to the camels having blocked the road
along which Abbas was leading his mules. The Captain of the guard at Bagh-i-
Kartah has reported the incident to the Naib Salar.
16. It is reported that the Austrian Surveyor known as “Miazu ” comes daily
to Barkat-ullah for instruction in the Kuran.
17. A sowar who has just returned from Chakhansur says that he spent three
months there during which time he saw no Germans except Bayerl, and adds that
there are at present no Germans or Austrians on that frontier.
18. Haji Ghulam Husain (paragraph 26 of Diary No. 6) has forbidden the
servants of the German party to come to his shop, and has requested the Mehmandar
of Bagh-i-Kartah to send his own men and not the employes of his guests.
19. Our agent, while at the fair mentioned above, was warned by a friendly
Khan to be careful of Wagner and K^zim Beg as they were determined to do him
some mischief. The agent asked for details but the Khan could not give any further
information,
20. Mir Aftab (paragraph 32 of Diary No. 51 last year) has got into trouble
in Afghanistan. He arrived in Herat from Kafir Kilah under a guard, and the Naib-
ul-Hukumah has ordered him to be sent to Kandahar en route for India after
certain claims have been recovered for him.
21. Our agent has purchased, presumably from a servant of the Germans at
Herat, a document which appears to be a nominal roll of the German and Austrian
force in Persia. It is being forwarded in original to the Government of India.
22. A private report says that His Majesty the Amir was still in Jalalabad on
the 8th instant.