"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [و‎‎٩‎٧] (٣١٠/١٩٨)

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British Consul-General, and that the Russian
Minister has given him an assurance that no
more men would he sent.
It is believed that the Russians have
under consideration a project for the construc
tion of a railway from Meshed to Tehran, and
that the Russian Minister is pressing the
scheme on the Mushir-ed-Dowleh who has
promised a reply when the Shah returns from
Europe. A Russian, who is supposed to be
an engineer, reached Meshed about the middle
of May and is to travel to Tehran in order to
examine the road.
A placard has been posted up in the
Bazars of Meshed to the effect that no
Persians should take service with Europeans,
and that if they do, they will be killed.
Turlat-i-Haidari .—One Meshedi Saleh,
Turk, a Russian subject living near the Con
sulate, disappeared some time ago, and no
trace of him could he found. Captain Tyass
arrested another Turk, Sadik by name, who
was suspected of being concerned in the man’s
disappearance. A servant of Sadik’s was also
arrested, and being a Persian subject, was taken
before the Governor, tortured, and branded,
and eventually confessed. Meshedi Saleh’s
body was found in the compound of Sadik,
buried under a tree. Captain Tyass is keeping
Sadik in his house under a guard, and will not
give him up to the local authorities, as he is a
Russian subject. Two or three other murders
and robberies have since been traced to Sadik,
and the case has caused considerable excite
ment.
SEISTAN.
The trade returns furnished by the
Director of Customs to the British Consul show
the total Seistan trade for the Persian year
ending 18th Eebruary 1905 as Rs. 3,88,030,
of which imports from India represent
Rs. 2,81,856 and exports to India Rs. 1,06,174.
The figures for the corresponding period last
year were total trade, Rs. 1,89,014, imports
Rs. 1,61,705, and exports Rs. 27,309. In other
words, trade has rather more than doubled.
These figures only refer to trade between
Persia and India via the trade route, and do
not include local trade or goods despatched
for the Russian Bank from Khorasan and
Trans-Caspia.
The Hashmat-ul-Mulk, who. has not yet
left Tehran, is still trying, by dint of heavy
bribing, to obtain the Governorship of Kam,
although it has already been bestowed on
Sartip Muhammad Ibrahim Khan with the
title of Shaukat-ul-Mulk. The latter’s sue-
cess up to the present is attributed to the
financial assistance of the Muavin-ut-Tujjar,