'Abstract of Correspondence and Memorandum respecting the Yemen'

Content

The file contains an account given on the control and occupation of Yemen from June 1832 onwards. It covers the rebellion of Toorche Bilmer; the acquisition of Mocha by Mehemet Ali, Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Egypt; the intentions of Mehemet Ali towards Aden, Muscat, and Baghdad; relations with the British Government and the Government of India; the proposed transfer of Aden to the British Government; communications between Colonel Patrick Campbell, British Consul General to Egypt with Boghos Bey, Egyptian Foreign Minister, and Mehemet Ali regarding troops in Yemen; and the actions of Captain Haines of the Indian navy in arranging the transfer of Aden with the Sultan of Aden.

The memorandum discusses the right of sovereignty claimed by the Porte over Yemen, and the consequences this has for: the claim of duty under the Commercial Treaty of 1838; the question of reparations for 'insults and injuries' against British interests by Sheriff Mocha; and the right by which the British Government holds Aden.

It is broken down into three sections:

1. Turkish Claim of Sovereignty in Yemen;

2. Sovereignty over Mocha;

3. Sovereignty over Aden.

Each section outlines the history of the area in terms of changes in sovereignty, and gives the British view on Turkish sovereignty.

Includes three short letter quotes in French.

Extent and format

1 file (12 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 60, and terminates at f 71, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 60-71; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B209

Former external reference(s)

[121]

History of this record

Date(s)

Jan 1873 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military occupationSovereignty

Places

MochaAdenYemen

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to EgyptGovernment of IndiaWāli of Egypt and Sudan

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