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He has also directed that all surplus stocks of wheat shall be sold at 25 tumam
kharwar. Owing to the difficulty of procuring grain some of the poor neonk IT
emigrating. It is reported from Jamrud that Shaukat-ud-Daulah, who is ^11
detained at Meshed on the charge of having caused the death of Nasrat-ul-Mull
has ordered the Ilbaigi and Mir Baki Sultan to send 100 sowars to Meshed to nrofp l
hnn The sowars are being collected, but Mir Baki Sultan has removed his fa min!
to Mahmudabad. m v
News from Herat.—k Kabuli trader has been robbed in the Bakharz distnVt
on his way from Meshed to Herat, but the thieves were traced to Kafir Kalah.
The Governor has received orders from Kabul to report the numbers of senovs
who have died or deserted during the past five years and the names of those who
have drawn pay m their names.
See Diary No. 1. It seems that the man who returned to Herat was not
Asgharzada but a Turk named Sardar who accompanied him to Meshed
Paschen is said to have stated that he has been authorised to draw whatever
money he requires from the Governor and to have told the Governor that he
believed he would soon receive orders from Kabul to imprison the British Agent
The Governor replied that the Amir was not likely to issue such orders *
. Sepoys on leave from Kabul report that some of the Germans there are emnlov-
ed. m the (government arsenal and workshops. ^ ^
On Christmas evening the Germans
who sent one of them to Naib Salar.
Governor visited the Germans.
sent two trays of sweets to the Governor,
Naib Salar, however, returned it. The
Some Khawanin sowars placed before the Governor by the Lashkar-nams
as the men who were responsible for the entry of the German party into Afghan
istan, have been severely beaten and dismissed the service. Their rifles have been
taken from them and they have been fined two years- pay.
A sowar of the party which accompanied Niedermayer’s party to Kabul has
edM 11 ™ a t, d re ?f rtS n at the party 18 wel1 treated and tllat the Germans are allow
ed to go where they like, except to the gun foundry and the Ark The Governor
to seTwhich way the c 7t jiSpf “ telk ^ ^ the Amil is Waitin§
Condition of Country. —Reports from most
unrest owing to the high prices of grain.
districts describe distress and
T. W. HAIG, Lieutenant-Colonel,
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General
and Agent of the Government of India in Khorassan.
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G. M. Press, Simla. —No. C-611 F.D.—9