One of the German officials involved in the expedition, Kurt Wagner, reached Herat and decided to stay there.
[4] In summer 1923, DACOM was founded by three Germans, including Kurt Wagner of the Niedermayer–Hentig Expedition, geographer Emil Trinkler, and Gotthilf Blaich, a technical consultant.
[5] The company was originally called the German and Oriental Trade House (Deutsch-Orientalische Handelsgesellschaft), but the name was changed to DACOM a year later.
[2] In February 1925, DACOM was reported as doing a "fair amount" of business, acting as brokers for silvers for a new currency, and to have placed orders in Germany for wireless sets, machinery, and electrical materials.
[6] On 15 April 1929, during the Afghan civil war of 1928-29, Habibullāh Kalakāni contacted Muhammad Musa Khan Qandahari, a director of DACOM, and 7 other Qandaharis, requesting them to assassinate Amanullah Khan (who was contesting the Afghan throne), promising them a large reward if they did so.