ملف ٥٦٦\١٩٢١ "بلاد فارس: ملخصات استخباراتية للملحق العسكري" [ظ‎‎٢‎٣] (٨١٨/٥٥)

6. The General Officer Commanding N“ th-Webtein (J b -D ^ ft . ontie ^ He
the 27th July for Maku to investigate the situation on that Turkish consul,
travelled by motor-car as far as Khoi, and was accompanied by tbe O-irkish
7. There was a well attended and ptoturesqu^ “L of the d of holm
Tabriz on the 19th July. . h ° 0 ^“ ster ‘ 0 f Var. The General Officer Commanding
presented by the Shahsavai s i . T , • honour of patriotism, rihahsavans
Tabriz Division made a stirring speech m lurki (in nonom oi p ^^irmontlv the
and Reza Khan) and a lawyer followed with a discourse m
cousin of Jawad Khan of the Hajji Hadzalu tribe with 200 bhaiisavans, me d 0
100 Begzadahs, accompanied Salar-i-Mufakhkham to Tehran with the sword.
8 consequence of rumours of brigands on the Persian side of the frontier and
disturbances on the Turkish side, the Governor-General of Tabriz considers the mam
caravan road Tabriz-Erzerum-Trebizond somewhat unsafe for the time being.
9. A “ Russian Transit Company ” has been formed with agencies at Batoum and
Julfa to facilitate the passage of merchandise through the Caucasus from rersmto
Europe and Russia and vice versa. The Tabriz agent of tins firm is named Rahim
Agha 10 . XJrumia .—The Assyrian and Armenian refugees are returning to Urumia from
Tabriz in small batches by permission of the Persian authorities. r* i
1 [. Tabriz. A detachment of 400 infantry belonging to the 3rd battalion ot the
2nd Tabriz Regiment arrived at Tabriz on the 24th July from Shaiafkhaneh. ^ ^
12. Simko was reported to be at Chipir [?], 20 miles from the frontier m luikish
territory, on the 2nd August. It is believed locally that be is not on good terms with
the Turks.
Kazvin.
13. A source usually reliable reports that the Russian vice-consul at Kazvin named
Hoffmann is a Jew, who was an ensign of cavalry in General Baratof’s army corps in
North Persia in 1917-18. In 1916 he was a clerk in the Russian army corps head
quarter office at Kazvin. Four months ago he was a chauffeur in Kazvin to the
Persian superintendent of the Road Administration with pay of 30 tomans a month.
After working for one month as a chauffeur he wumt secretly to Isfahan, returning later
to Kazvin as consul. He is reported to be extremely lazy and of weak character.
14. Sultan Ismail Khan, with 60 sowars of Persian cavalry, left Kazvin on the
28th July for Sinjan, where the detachment is to be stationed.
Tehran.
15. With reference to paragraph 7, intelligence summary No. 29, dated the 21st July,
His Majesty’s Minister returned to Tehran on the 29th July from Bagdad by air. A
successful direct flight was made by two D.H. 9a machines, the time taken from
Bagdad to Tehran being five-and-a-quarter hours.
His Majesty’s Minister had an interview with His Majesty the Shah on the
afternoon of his return to communicate to His Majesty the result of his visit.
The Irak mullahs are remaining for the time being at Kermanshah awaiting the
result of the negotiations being undertaken on their behalf by the Persian Government.
No disturbances have taken place during the past week ; the local press, however,
continues its campaign of anti-British propaganda, and many violent anti-British
speeches have been made by mullahs in the mosques.
16. With reference to paragraph 11 of my intelligence summary No. 29, dated
the 21st July, the following individuals are also on Koshtaria’s staff:—
Vasili Victorovitch Aichangelsky, a representative of the Textile Syndicate.
Bavel Nicolaievitch Piradof, a representative of the Indiarubher Syndicate.
Abram Grigorevitch Boshicos, a representative of the Electrical Syndicate.
Zakhari Hitch Doukharof, official of the Centrosoyuz.
17. Koshtaria has been informed by the Commissar of Trade in Moscow that the
Soviet Government gives him full powers to operate in Persia in whatever manner he
considers to be most profitable, and that the Soviet authorities promise him full
support.
18. It is stated that Prince Amanullah Mirza (Chief of the General Staff of the
Persian army, now in Paris) has been told to discuss the practicability of arranging- for
direct wireless communication between France and Tehran. * S