"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [ظ‎‎١‎٠‎٦] (٣١٠/٢١٧)

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The export of horses from Russian terri
tory to Afghanistan has been prohibited, owing
to the increased demand for horses for artillery
and transport.
It is reported that thirty-one versts on
the sixth section of the Tashkand-Orenburg
railway line have been destroyed by floods.
The following is the latest information as
to strength of certain Russian and Afghan
garrisons:—
Russian—
Pata Kesar—500 Cossacks, 700 artil
lerymen, 4,800 infantry, 300 engi
neers, 300 frontier guards, 110 guns
(of which 40 are machine guns).
Kushk—1 regiment of Cossacks, 2,000
artillerymen, G battalions of infantry,
and 148 guns.
Kharigh—100 men.
Mulwaz—8 cavalry.
Langar-i-Kikhn—21 cavalry.
Kizil Robat—12 cavalry.
Aktash—15 cavalry.
Murghabi—15 cavalry and 65 infantry.
Rang Kul—5 infantry.
Tashkurghan (Sarikol)—20 men.
Afghan—
Paizabad—2,000 men.
Killa Panja—100 infantry.
Sarhad (Wakhan)—20 men.
Bozai Gumbaz—10 cavalry.
Ishkashim—80 cavalry.
KHORASAN.
Meshed. —Colonel Minchin writes from
Batoum, on his way to England on leave, that
he noticed a very strong^anti-English feeling
throughout his journey, and that he was treated
with scant civility.
Two Russian representatives of iron
and textile industries arrived at Meshed early
in June. They have been commissioned, at
the instance of the Russian Bank, to report on
the feasibility of opening factories in Khorasan.
A gate to the city, opposite Takkiabad, the
quarters of the Russian colony, is being made at
the instance of the Russians. A mosque, which
lay athwart the road, was demolished, and some
excitement was raised, but the Muavin-uti
Tujjar pacified the people. It is said that
the gate, which is locally known as the **Russian
gate ”, will be guarded by Persian Cossacks,
and reserved for the use of the Russians alone.
It is likely that in time Takkiabad will
develope into a fortified cantonment.