"مذكرة حول مطالبة تركيا بالسيادة على السواحل الشرقية للبحر الأحمر والجزيرة العربية بالكامل، ومطالبة مصر بالسيادة على الساحل الغربي بالكامل للبحر الأحمر أيضاً بما في ذلك الساحل الإفريقي من السويس حتى رأس عسير." [ظ‎‎٨] (٧٠/١٦)

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to the British Agent, from which, after opening
they (the authorities at Mocha), took out two
musical boxes, and then allowed them to pass. I
have, therefore, brought the British Agent on with
me to Aden. Sheik Shermarkee is also in fear that
he will be molested after our departure. Should
that be the case / he will inform you at Aden.
"Captain Moresby bad been told to conclude, if
possible, a Treaty with Zeyla ; but, in his Report, he
said, ' Respecting the Treaty with the Chief of
Zeyla, I find it would just now be useless to attempt
anything. It appears Zeyla is entirely dependent &n
Mocha, from which place a Governor and an armed
force are sent for the protection of the place, for
which the inhabitants pay yearly 500 dollars. Now
there are no independent Chiefs at Zeyla or about
it, wandering tribes surrounding the place, which,
like Tadjoura, is a market for slaves.
"Sheik Shermarkee proposes that, after ten or
fifteen days, when he has dispatched his boats to
Aden, and the whole business of his tribes settled at
Mocha, that he will come to Mocha, when he will be
happy to render us further service. The moving
tribes about that time commence to congregate at
Berbereh, Zeyla, and Tadjoura for their annual fair
of commerce; with these tribes Sheik Shermarkee
has great influence, and hopes, with them and the
inhabitants at Zeyla, to induce them, in defiance of
the Mocha authorities, to conclude a similar Treaty
to Tadjoura, which, being already concluded, will
have much weig-ht.
"Respecting Berbereh, over which Sheik Sher
markee has full authority, he says we have only to
point out what ground we want and it will be
granted, to build forts, houses, or anything else, and
that he and his tribes are ready to conclude Treaties
of Commerce, which he assures me will be lasting
so long as he and his successors live."
Captain Moresby then gives some very useful in
formation about the neighbourhood of Tadjoura and
Zeila, which is too lengthy to be repeated here, but
there are one or two facts which he states which are
worth recording: for instance, he says, the territory
of the Tadjoura Sultan to the west-south-west
extends about fifteen miles inland to the salt lake
Assal; that inland their territory extends two days'