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'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.' [‎20v] (40/70)

The record is made up of 35 folios. It was created in 10 Mar 1874. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the 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. .

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to afford adequate protection to the telegraphic
establishments. The first and second are governed
by independent chiefs, who have always shown a
friendly disposition towards the British ; the third
are already partly the property of Her Majesty, to
whom three of the islands were ceded by the Imaum
of Muscat in 1854 ; the fourth and the fifth belong
to the Imaum ; but as no one of them will admit
even a nominal subjection to the Porte, I apprehend
that the Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). is worthless as an authority out
side the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb; indeed, it is
probable that along the whole sea-board from Mocha
to Muscat no person will be found capable to read
it."
On receipt of the Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). by Consul-General Treasury, March 19, 1859.
Kemball at Bagdad, he immediately addressed a 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. , April 4, 1859
communication to Her Majesty's Ambassador at
Constantinople, in which he stated his reason for
suspending the delivery of the Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). to Omar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
for the landing of the telegraph cable on the south
east coast of Arabia; these reasons being the advisa
bility of not recognizing the authority of the Sublime
Porte over the native tribes of that coast. Mr. Kem-
ball's conduct was entirely approved, and the Political
Agents at Aden and Zanzibar were instructed to
avoid acting in any way that might commit the
British Government to the recognition of any claim
to future rights or privileges as to disputed territory
should any uncertainty on these points exist.
The points on the western shore chosen by the Mr. Green, No. 28;
India Telegraph Company to establish telegraph March 13, 1859.
stations were Suez, Kosseir, and Suakin ; the neces
sary application was accordingly made by Mr. Green
to the Egyptian Government to permit a station to
be fixed at Kosseir, which was then the only point
beyond Suez within Egyptian jurisdiction, for
although the country around Suakin was governed by
the \ iceroy of Egypt, Suakin itself was garrisoned
by Turkish troops, and was under a Governor
appointed by the Sultan.
xnssion havin^ been given by the Viceroy for
the erection of the landmark at Kosseir, it was at
once erected, but in June following it was torn
down by the fanatical Hadjis; and at the recom
mendation of the Consul at Alexandria, the attention
of the Admiralty was, in consequence, called to the
advisability, not only of keeping a sufficient naval

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Memorandum prepared by Edward Hertlset, Foreign Office Librarian, on 5 March 1874 (printed by the Foreign Office 10 March 1874). The document gives a historical overview (from 1517 to 1874) of claims on the Red Sea coast, with particular focus on those of the Ottoman Turks and the Egyptians. It discusses attempts by the French, Italians and Americans to gain a foothold in the region. It ends with a summary of things as they stand, with political and commercial considerations, as well as those of the slave trade.

Hertslet quotes extensively from his sources, notes on which appear in the left-hand margin.

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35 folios
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At the beginning (folios 1-2) there is a table of reference to facts and dates, with reference to the printed page number.

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Foliation: the sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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. A second foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-34; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: The booklet also contains an original typed pagination sequence.

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'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.' [‎20v] (40/70), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B8, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023282030.0x000029> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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