'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.' [‎6r] (11/70)

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sea-shore; but that Mehemet Ali's troops garrisoned
the chief towns and ports on the eastern edge of the
Red Sea.
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The following towns were marked on the map as
being garrisoned by Turkish troops :—Suez, Moilah,
Wedge Fort, Yenbo, Medina, Jeddah, Mecca, Gon-
foda, Gheezan, Loheia, Hodeida, and Mocha.
The possession of these places. Captain Mackenzie
remarked, gave to the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. the command of the
whole commerce of the Hedjaz and the Yemen,
and he stated that he never saw more liberal or
better managed Custom-houses than those of the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at Jeddah and Mocha, and he added that the
English were treated with the greatest civility and
attention, which he attributed to the presence in
the Red Sea of two British ships of war of the
Indian navy.
Up to this time Mehemet Ali had not succeeded
in taking possession of the fertile Province of
Senna, having been repeatedly defeated by the
Bedouin tribes of Asseer.
In this same year (1837) a British ship was
wrecked, and plundered by the people of Aden, and
the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. first asked permission
from the Home Government to call upon the Sultan
of Lahej for satisfaction for this outrage, and sub
sequently it asked to be allowed to take possession
of the port of Aden as a compensation for the
insults which had been offered by its Ruler to tTie
British flag. Negotiations ensued between the
authorities of Bombay and the Sultan, and even
tually (on the 23rd January, 1838) the town and
promontory of Aden were ceded to Great Britain
by the Sultan of Lahej for the annual payment of
Hertslet's Treaties, vol. ii, pp. 1, 2. 8,700 dollars. The transfer of the place was duly
notified by letter to Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the younger,
who, in reply, stated that he considered it a de
pendency of the Hedjaz ; Boghos Bey, the Egyptian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, however, informed the
British Consul at Alexandria that he was of opinion
that Aden was under the rule of the Imaum of Senna,
but that, nevertheless, if it could be proved that it
was not so dependent, the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Egypt would do
all in his power to confirm the cession. Subsequently,
the Sultan of Lahej having given proof of bad faith,
and having avoided acting up to his engagement,
Aden was taken and occupied by British forces.
Colonel Campbell, No. 38, June 9, ^ fol]owing (18 3 8) Aden was c ] aimed b
1838. ^