'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.' [‎30v] (60/70)

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force of 15,000 was sent to the disturbed district.
This act greatly displeased the Viceroy.
The Azens attacked Hodeida, but were repulsed Mr. Stanton. No. 135;
by the Turkish garrison, and the insurgents were I)ecember 22 ' 1870 -
discomforted by the troops on the spot before the
arrival of the expeditionary army, but it, neverthe
less, proceeded to its destination, in order to com
plete the submission of the revolted tribes.
In February 1872 a large Turkish force landed at Sir H. Elliot, No. 372;
Hodeida with the intention of marching against „ D T e r ce ^ er 2 ^' 1870 '
o T ^ ^ ^ , Sir H - Elliot ' No - 384 ?
benna, and of inducing the Chiefs in these parts of December 28, 1870.
Arabia to hoist the Turkish flag. On the 24th April
they captured Senna, which was followed by over
tures being made by the Turkish authorities to the
Chiefs round Aden; and an account of what has
passed since that dale is given in Lord Tenterden's Tenterden's Memorandum,
Memorandum of November 1873, annexed. November 1873.
Before closing this Memorandum it is necessary
to say a few words about " Sheikh Said."
In January 1869, two Frenchmen (MM. Mass India 0fSce; March 7; , 870
and Poilex) purchased of the Shaikh of the Hakur-
nee tribe for 80,000 dollars a place called Sheikh
Seyd Bunder (or Thoorbo), commonly called ^prifn^'i^O. 3
"Sheikh Said," for the purpose of establishing a Lord Lyons, No. 223;
factory An East India Company trading post. there. The situation of this place is exactly ^ tlI,e ^ 1870 '
opposite to Perim, and the cession included the
Cape of Bab-el-Mandeb, and the coast to some dis
tance on either side. It was stated by Subadar
Ranoo Jaslou, then commanding at Perim, to be
" under the Turkish Government," and the Acting
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Aden also reported that " the
Turkish Government had forbidden the sale; that
they had censured the Sheikh Ali Tabat, and had
moreover represented to the French Government
that the transaction was illegal and remonstrated
against it; the Sheikh Ali Tabat expressed his
great astonishment at hearing of this claim on the
part of the Turks, as he stated, " that the territory
had never been governed by any one but himself
and his ancestors." The purchase was made about
September 1869, by a French Company for com
mercial purposes, and in a French Paper published
on the subject it was stated that although the
Company was ready " to admit the validity of the
opposition of the Porte with reference to suzerainty,
still it maintained that it was no less incontestable
that the proprietary rights of the Sheikh could not
be disputed."