'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.' [‎28r] (55/70)

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Zamoor Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to be read to them ; they were most
indignant, and one and all declared " the statements
in that paper to be utterly untrue. If it was meant
that we, as well as the Turks, were true followers of
Islam, that was correct enough; but if it was meant
that we were subjects of the Sultan of Roum, is
false. No Turkish flags were ever planted in our
lands. We never paid allegiance or tribute to the
Sheriff of Mocha. We know nothing of him, and
have nothing to do with Zeyla. The Abdeen
Mahomed, who is mentioned in the paper, was
killed about eight years ago by us and others,
because be suspected him of acting treacherously
towards us with regards to the Turks." The above
are the exact words taken down from the mouth of
Adoolah Mahomed Somallee, of the Ayah Goonus,
an inhabitant of Durhamgaraith, and fully concurred
|n by nine others present at the time he spoke.
" With reference to His Highness Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's
letter to Sir H. Bulwer, I would only further add,
that there is no such person as Ishmad Borah in
Government employ at Aden. There is a man of
the name of Ishmad Borah on the Somalee coast,
who occasionally visits Aden, being nacoda of a
vessel, and he is an elder brother of Sharmarki.
With regard to the complainants being Ottoman
subjects, it did not appear to me at all proved so.
On inquiry at the time I could not find that on any
previous occasion had the two ports in question been
considered as belonging to, or in any way under,
Zeyla, I, therefore, declined forwarding the indi
viduals to Hodeida, as was requested by Ali Zamoor
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ."
On the 27th May, 1866, a new Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). was
addressed by the Sultan to the Viceroy of Egypt,
modifying the order of succession, in which the
following passage occurred :—
" J'ai decide que dorenavant le Gouvernement de
1'Egypte, avec les territoires qui y sont annexes et
qui en dependent, et avec les Caimacamies de
Se'vakin et de Moussawa, sera transmis ^ I'aine de
tes enfants males, et de la meme maniere aux fils
aines de tes successeurs."
It will be observed that nothing more is said
herein about any {f Dependenciesbut on June 8,
1873, a new Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). was issued, in which it was said—
"J'ai voulu etablir et j'etablis comme loi de