'Memorandum on the Turkish claim to sovereignty over the eastern shores of the Red Sea and the whole of Arabia; and on the Egyptian claim to the whole of the western shore of the same sea, including the African coast from Suez to Cape Guardafui.' [‎5v] (10/70)

Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. that such movements of his forces or th6
execution of such intentions would not be well
looked upon in England or in India, and might
give rise to discussions between him and the British
Government.
The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , however, declared that he had never
contemplated such an expedition, in the following
note, addressed by Boghos JoussoufF to Colonel
Campbell :—
"Le Soussigrne est de plus autorisd a prier M. le Colonel Campbell, No. 51
July 23 1837
Colonel Campbell de vouloir bien transmettre ^ son u ^ '
Excellence le Vicomte Palmerston Passurance posi
tive que Son Altesse le Vice-Roi n'a jamais perdui
de vue les interets de la Grande Bretagne pour
prendre des mesures ou former des voeux qui
puissent les contrarier moindrement; la supposition
de 1'occupation des terres susmentionnees, denuee
de tout fondernent, ne peut etre qu'un trait lance
par la malveillance."
It may here be mentioned, in passing, that, in 1837,
the Governor of Bombay applied to Mehemet Ali
for permission to establish in the Island of Kumaran,
"which it was understood Providence had happily Colonel Campbell, No. 9,
3 February *23, 1837.
placed under His Highness' beneficent Govern- To Colonel Campbell, No
ment," a dep6t of coals for the use of the British A P nl 3 ' 1837 '
steamers frequenting the Red Sea, which was readily
granted; and the Egyptian right to this island was
thereby fully acknowledged.
Early in this year (1837) Captain James Mackenzie, From Captain Mackenzie
of the Bengal Light Cavalry, travelled through 1837 "
Arabia and Egypt, and on his return he drew up
a report, a copy of which he transmitted to this.;
Office, accompanied by a map, showing the conquests
of Mehemet Ali, Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Egypt, on the shores of
the Red Sea, both in the Hedjaz, the Yemen, and
Senna, on the Arabian Coast, and in Egypt and
Nubia, on the African coast. This map is annexed. Map.
In this report, he stated that the only places
along the western coast of the Red Sea, then occupied
by the Egyptians, were Kosseir and Suakin j but
that Mehemet Ali had conquered, and that his
troops were in actual possession of, the whole line
of the Arabian coast from Suez and Akaba, in the
north, to Mocha, near the Straits of Babelmandeb,
at the southern extremity of the Red Sea; that,
with the exception of Mecca and the fertile district
of Taik, to the east of Jeddah, Inis dominions did not
extend into the interior above a mile or two from this