‘Territorial settlement in Abyssinia – inexpedient’
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The title given above is an amended title. The original title, ‘Prohibition of a Trade with Abyssinia and the Governor of Tigrée, on the part of the Company’, which is written in ink, has been partly crossed out, and the title given above has been added in pencil. The item consists of copies an...
The Bombay Government take grave exception to a scheme of Captain Henry Rudland's whereby certain American and Turkish merchants would be allowed to ship Arabian goods to Europe via the Cape.
‘Trade between India, Cairo, Alexandria and Malta, prohibited. and the Provisional Treaty concluded with the Pascha of Egypt, not ratified.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item is chiefly concerned with the Government of Bombay's opinions on the draft Treaty negotiated between the Pasha of Egypt and John Benzoni...
‘Unfriendly Conduct of the Sheriffe of Mecca, in enforcing inordinate duties on the Woollens sent to Judda for Sale and which rendered their sale impracticable’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the 'unfriendly conduct' towards the East India Company by the Sheriffe [Sharif] of Mecca. In particular, the item is concern...
‘Application of the Pasha of Egypt for two armed Ships to be employed against the Wahabees’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item consists of correspondence regarding an application by the Pasha of Egypt [Muḥammad ʻAlī Pāshā] to procure or purchase two armed ships from the East India C...