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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.' [24r] (47/70)
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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43
grain should be kept on hand, and stacked in
granaries, as was done at Malta; that a large stock
of coal be also kept there and available for State
purposes; and he repeated a suggestion which had
been submitted on former occasions, that two small
steamers should be kept permanently stationed at
Aden) chiefly with a view of maintaining a regular
communication with the Red Sea, and with the
Arabian and Soumali coasts.
This report was sent to Lord Cowley at Paris,
who, on the 25th May following, wrote a despatch
to Lord John Russell, in which he said :—
"M. Thouvenel, having seen in the public papers
that Captain Roussel had taken possession of the
Island of Dissee in the Red Sea, took occasion, while
the Ministers were assembled in Council in the
Emperor's presence, to ask the Hinister of Marine
what foundation there was for the report. Admiral
Hamelin admitted its accuracy. M. Thouvenel
'then, appealing to the Emperor, said that, it was
v very extraordinary that a transaction of this nature
• and importance, and which related to foreign matters,
should have been accomplished without any previous
communication with the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
who might be called upon at any moment for expla-
natious on the subject.
"M. Thouvenel went on to say that, on seeing the
report in the papers, he had made inquiries in his
Department, but had not been able to find a trace
of any correspondence relating to it between his pre
decessor and the Minister of Marine, and that most
assuredly had any question been put to him by the
British Ambassador regarding the truth of the state
ment, he should at once have denied it. He argued
that the taking possession of this island was a most
impolitic act; that, if it was intended as a demon
stration against England, it would fail of effect, and
might possibly induce the British Government to
endeavour to obtain possession of other ports on the
Red Sea; and that, moreover, the Porte had a cer
tain prescriptive right of sovereignty in those waters,
and that the Commercial Treaties between France
and Turkey were applicable to them,
"The Emperor observed that he did not consider
the matter to be of much importance, and that the
conversation dropped."
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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.'
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- 1r:35v
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