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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.' [22r] (43/70)
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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Burtoiij page 26.
Nos. 675 and 698.
No. 753.
Burton, p. 26.
Nos. 622 and 627.
No. 627.
case, came to the conclusion that it was a simple
case Of shipwreck; the boat in which he was sailing
having struck on a reef near the Mussah Islands.
A copy of the Report made by the British
Officers was communicated to the French Govern
ment, but they nevertheless sent a ship of war,
"Le Somme," to Zeilah, in 1860, when they
arrested the Governor (Shermaki), appointed
another individual as his successor, and then con
veyed Shermaki and several natives to the i \.rabian
coast to be tried for murder.
Captain Burton states that they were first con
veyed to Hodeida "within whose jurisdiction Zeilah
and Tadjourah arethat the Governor refused
to act in the matter, and that the French Captain
thereupon proceeded to Jeddah, where he appealed
to the Governor-General of the Yemen, who also
declined to interfere ; whether this was so or
not our correspondence does not show ; but
Mr. Colquhoun reported that Shermaki and five or
six others were taken to Jeddah in the hope of
; inducing the Governor of that place to take charge
< of the prisoners till they could be sent to Constan
tinople ; but that the Governor declined to have
anything to do with them as prisoners.
While these pourparlers were being carried on
Sbermaki(who was an old man, and had always been
very friendly to the English), died on board the
French man-of-war in the harbour, and the French
ship then left Jeddah for France with the other
prisoners on board.
It was generally believed that all the accused
were innocent, and that unfair means had been used
to get up the charge against them.
France then appealed to the Porte for redyess, and
the Turkish Government consented to pay an
indemnity of 30,000 dollars to France, and to make
over the revenues of Icemen to the French Govern
ment until the indemnity was paid.
In December of this year the French made their
appearance again in the neighbourhood of Massowah.
On the 12th December a steam merchant-ship
(the "Yemen") arrived at Massowah from Alex
andria, having on board M. Pastre, a French naval
captain (Eoussel), two military officers, a certain
Father Sapetto, and others, and on the 17th she
started for Zullah, in the Bay of Adolis, a port half
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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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