'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.' [‎11v] (22/70)

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The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Jeddah complained to the Porte of
the refusal of the British merchants to pay the duty,
and the Porte demanded the payment of it under
the provisions of the Commercial Treaty of 1838 ;
but it was believed that the Porte, in insisting on -
the payment of the duty, had in view the British
establishment at Aden.
As Abyssinia was introduced into the discussion,
Sir S. Canning, then Ambassador at Constanti
nople, stated that he was informed that no part of
Abyssinia was actually administered, or in any way
controlled, by the Turkish authorities. He said it
was true that the name of the country figured in
the list of the Sultan's titles, but he observed
that in the same list were also to be found the
names of Circassia, Algiers, Georgia, and, he
believed, Persia; and here it may be remarked that
Consul Finn, in a despatch from Jerusalem, dated No. 751.
5th May, 1862, said that the Sultan claimed to be
King of India, and that, so far from his ever
Ifaving recognized his loss of Algiers, that " all
Algerines visiting Jerusalem acknowledged them
selves to be Turkish subjects—no doubt in the
sense of recognizing the Sultan's title as Caliphah
or head of the Mahommedan religion.^
But Sir S. Canning observed that, so far as
Abyssinia was concerned, a considerable portion of
the Abyssinian population was Christian, and that
in those districts where Christianity prevailed, the
Sultan could not pretend even to the spiritual
authority of the Caliphat.
In order, however, to show the utter impossibility
of enforcing such a claim, it may be as well to
insert here a complete list of the Sultan's titles.
They are as follows :—
" Titres du Sultan.
" Moi qui, par la grace speciale et la bont^ infinie
du Tres-Haut, et par les miracles eminens des
Prophetes, je suis le Sultan des Sultans, le Khakan
des Khakans,| le distributeur des Couronnes,
I'ombre de Dieu sur la terre, le serviteur des plus
nobles parmi les villes et les habitations, la venerable
Mecque et la resplendissante Medine, qui sont Jes
Kibles des Musulmans et I'autel vers lequel tons
les fideles se retournent; le protecteur et le
* Seep. 51. f Ancien titre des Souverains Tartares.