ABSTRACT
Cession 01 the Island 01 Mussa to Great Britain. On the 19th August, 1840, a Treaty was concluded between the
East India Company and the Sultan of Tajoura,h, by which the Sultan engaged not to enter into any Bond or Treaty with any other Power which should prove detrimental or injurious to British interests, and on the same day a Deed was signed by which the Sultan acknowledged that he had sold the Island of Mussa (01' Mushah) to the British Government for" 10 bags of rice ,,* (See FRANCE, p. 631) ; but by an exchange of Notes on the ~~~ February, 1888, the British Government recognised the protectorate of France over the group of the ~Iushah Islands. (See GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE, p. 726.)
Cession of the Island 01 Bab to Great Britain. On the 27th August, 1840, the Sultan of Tajourah sold to the
British Government the Island of Bah, which was described in the Deed as being an island" situated at the entrance of Gobet-Corab," but it was never occupied by British troops, and is now included in the French sphere of influence. (See FRANCE (East Africa), p. 625.)
By an exchange of Notes on the ~~~ February, 1888, the British Government recognised the Protectorate of France over this island. (Sec GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE, p. 726.)
Zaila. Island of Aubad. On the 3rd September, 1840,t a Treaty was concluded between
the East India Company and the Governor of Zaila, by which he engaged, among other things, not to enter into any Treaties with any other foreign Power, and ceded the Island of Aubad or Efat to Great Britain. The following are extract~ from that Treaty:-
Non-conclusion of Treaties with Foreign POlvers. t:t IIr.-The Gover1J.or of Zaila engages not to enter into any Treaty
or Bond with any other European nation or person, or allow other Europeans to settle in his territories, or pass through in any numbers, without bringing the subject, in the first instance, to the notice of the British Government at Aden, so that the same may be in no manner detrimental to his friends, the English, or their commerce, in return for which the English will do all in their power to assist the Governor of Zaila in improving his commercial resources.
