"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [و‎‎٥‎٩] (٣١٠/١٢٢)

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Consul-General and his staff were present at
both functions. The dinner was attended
by the Governor-General and the leading
Persian officials, and also Mons. Castaigne, who
seems to have established friendly relations
with Mons. Reschetoff.
Colonel Minchin has been endeavour
ing to effect a settlement in a case in which 26
camels of one Abdul Hamid, British subject,
were seized by the Customs House authorities
on suspicion that he had smuggled three loads
of assafcetida into Persia from Afghanistan.
Mons. Castaigne has paid no attention to two
letters from the Consul-General. Meanwhile
the camels are being detained and are badly
looked after. One has already died.
Turbat-i-Haidar i .—Captain Yass, the
Russian officer in charge of the quarantine
cordon at Turbat-i-Haidari, arrived in Meshed
on the 4th December to pay a farewell
visit to Mons. Mousnikoff. His interpreter
stated that Captain Yass had tried hard to
get himself appointed Consul for Turbat-i-
Haidari, but the Russian Government declined
to sanction the appointment on the ground that
the establishment of a Russian Consulate would
remove the necessity for the sanitary cordon. On
the other hand, it is stated that, if the cordon
is removed, the Russian Government will press
for the stationing of a Consul at Khaf. The
vigilance of the cordon is now much relaxed :
recently Captain Yass has only detained
caravans long enough to enable him to
interview the leading men and get information
from them. He has now gone to Ashkabad
on a month’s leave.
Owing to Captain Winter’s vigorous action
in cases in which Afghans have not received
fair treatment, the Governor has commenced
to refer to him all cases in which Afghans are
concerned.
On the 18th December, a message arrived
the Consulate that a party of Consulate
ules, with two sowars, had been attacked by
> robbers (see Journal for December). The
wars had gone to bring barley from a village
me 50 miles away from Turbat, and when in
me rough country, the robbers came down
i the mules, and attempted to carry off five of
iem. The sowars came up and opened fire,
bey say that they killed one of the robbers and
ounded another, the remainder clearing off.
be matter was reported to the British Consul-
eneral at Meshed, who laid the matter beiore
ie Governor-General, and pointed out that, had
3 taken proper measures in the similar case
hich occurred in March last, the present out-
tges would probably never have occurred
e threatened that, if the offenders were not.
unished in 20 days, the case would be
.ported to Tehran. The Governor-General
romised to act, but has done nothing, though