"أوراق متعلقة بلجنة بلاد الرافدين من غرفة السير إ. بارو" [و‎‎٣‎٢‎٦] (١٣٨٦/٦٥٩)

No 16 dated ina la Of fico 5th H 0Veral)er X915.
(The information is taken from the latest telegrams viz-
3rd -ov - unless otherriise stated t with supplementary
notes when neoessary. ).
frontier. LatestAll quiet except tho usual M&hsud raiders.
The Bunerwal jirga agreed to the terms laid down viz 5,000
rupees fine and the expulsion of the Turangzai Mulla fl‘om
their country and they went of:, to meet a nurr/ber of thoir
people to get them to agree. Hie Hindustani lunatics are
also to be excelled.
Baluchi stan : - The Acrent reported (1/10/15) a rather
serious state of affairs in Kelat and Mekran vhero tho
Bazira hud beer defeated at Turap by Bahrain Khan of Baranzai
He thought It desirable to send troops to support the JSa-
z5m but the nove? r n,'ocnt were not ab3.e to agree to this •
Tvo war ships wore sent to Mekran ports and things seem
to be quieter.
Afghanistan . Note: - ^he Germans whom the Amir wrote to the Vicerpy
about on 8 th Sept (see No 13) had arrived in Kabul appa
rently by the end of the month. Reports from a credible
source atate that there were about P.0 in European clothes
of whom 4 were leaders, high German Austrian and Turkish
officials with letters from their Sovereigns demanding
alliance or at least free passage for an army. The remain
der of the party,about 200 armed men, wore Turks Pathans
acul Persians. Sardars Tnayatulla Khan and Nasrulla Khan
had stayed with them at Babar Bagh since they arrived and
were in comnuniaation with the Amir about them.
It is further stated by the some informant that the Afghah
Army is anxious for a iehad and that the Amir is unpopular
because ho will not meet the wishes of the ’'ilitary cliquey
The arms factories in Kabul are said to be working at high