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Telegram P., No. 23 F., dated (and received) the 17th September 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla. r
My chief news-reporter who has been at Yazdan has just returned.
Though Yazdan is m Persian territory he found an Afghan party of one
Dafadar, ^asin Khan, and eleven sowars staying there. They had been there
10 days. On arrival of a few Persian infantrymen from Birjand they left
quietly, former have however declared that it is their intention to depart soon
as they are not getting supplies; on September 12th after leaving Yazdan for
Ahwaz my reporter met Paschen and five sowars near Karez-i-Malki. They
were on the way back to Afghanistan. I hear from two other sources that a
dozen Afghans have been purchasing stocks of fodder and grain in various
Persian villages between Duroh and Yazdan. They left stocks in Situ. In
some villages the Persian Sunnis of Sunnikhana have not sold as they feared
that they would incur the Shaukat's displeasure. It appears that later on
Germans hope to lead an Afghan force down the frontier to Sistan.
241
Telegram P., No. 1221 I.-G., dated the 17th (received 18th) September 1915.
From—The General Officer Commanding Force “ D ", Amara,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
The following is an extract from a telegram addressed to me on 17th
instant by Cox from Basrah:— Begins. 2024 B. The following has been
received from Grahame: “ About two marches from Ispahan, which we left
on September 14th, on our way to Ahwaz, your telegrams 1951 and 1952 B.
were received. I have destroyed all Cypher Codes and have only the Govern
ment Telegraph Code left. We reach Ahwaz about October 4th. '* Ends.
I regret very much to learn the abovementioned information.
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Telegram P., No. S. 963, dated the 18th September 1915.
p r om The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain.
Please refer to your . telegram No. 220 C., dated the 17th instant. For
the purpose of satisfying relatives, local authorities and local opinion you may
pay from Secret Service whatever compensation is necessary.
Repeated to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
Depart"
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Telegram P., No. HI, dated (and received) the 18th September 1915.
From— Likutenaht-Colonbl C. T. Ddcat, Consul at Kerman,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
ment, Simla,
Germans Zugmeyer openly declared at an interview with Sardar Nasrat
Germans, r -v t f r Governor-General but that on the
it he w ° uld E0 ?, sh0 " ‘ ^ everv wav possible; that dismissal (of)
ntrary he wo " ld . 0 PP°* e r ^ Minister at Tehran and
fir arrival was being delayed by events in Buiuprd and B