Italian proceedings on the African coast of the Red Sea
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The document, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, discusses the following: the actual course of events at Assab and in the neighbourhood since May 1880; correspondence which has passed in the same period between the British, Italian and Egyptian Governments, and between the Political and Secret...
Somali Coast. Note on the hoisting of the French flag at Dongarita in November 1886 and January 1887, and on the so-called French treaties with certain of the Somali tribes. E Neel, 31 Mar 1887
A Memorandum on the Possible Occupation by France of Sheikh Said
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A memorandum written by Edmund Neel, Political and Secret Department, India Office, and an addendum, in which is discussed the possibility of a French occupation of Turkish-held Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], on the south-western tip of the Arabian Peninsula. A sketch map (f 7) accompanies a r...
Sheikh Said. Memorandum in Continuation of Departmental Memorandum of 7th March 1893. (With Sketch Map.)
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A memorandum written by Edmund Neel, Political and Secret Department, India Office, in continuation of a previous memorandum [IOR/L/PS/18/B60], in which the Resident at Aden is urged to ascertain the present situation at Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd] following fears that the French Government ...
Sketch of Shekh Said to Accompany Lt. Col: Stace's Report
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A map created by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Vincent Stace to accompany a report in which he discusses the possibility of a French occupation of Shekh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd]. The map shows a region around Ras Shekh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd] and Perim Island at the south-western tip of the Arabia...
Addendum to Memorandum on Sheikh Said, Dated 9 April 1897.
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An addendum, which reproduces a report written by Commander Alfred Paget, RN, on 11 September 1894, describing the Turkish position of Bab-el-Mandeb opposite to Perim Island, and giving a summary of relevant historical events from 1868. The addendum also provides the opinion of Lewis Anthony Beau...