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'''Cheikh Saïd''' is a rocky [[peninsula]] in [[Yemen]], near the island of [[Perim]] on the [[Bab-el-Mandeb]] at the entrance to the [[Red Sea]]. In 1868 it was purchased from the local ruler, Sheikh Ali Tabet Ahmed, by Bazin et Rabaud, a [[private company]] based in [[Marseilles]] in [[France]], which wanted to use it as a base for exporting [[coffee]]. The purchase price was 80,000 [[thaler]]s. In 1869, the sheikh annulled the agreement as he had received only 18,000 thalers. Bazin et Rabaud and some allies in the French press attempted to press the [[Government of France|French government]] to intervene, without success. In 1920, Cheikh Saïd was described as a "good landing-place, with an important [[telegraph]] station."<ref name=Prothero75>{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=G.W.|title=Arabia|year=1920|publisher=H.M. Stationary Office|location=London|page=75|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/75/}}</ref> Although as late as 1970, the [[Petit Larousse]] described it as having been a "French [[colony]] from 1868 to 1936", France never claimed formal [[jurisdiction]] or [[sovereignty]] over it. |
'''Cheikh Saïd''' is a rocky [[peninsula]] in [[Yemen]], near the island of [[Perim]] on the [[Bab-el-Mandeb]] at the entrance to the [[Red Sea]]. In 1868 it was purchased from the local ruler, Sheikh Ali Tabet Ahmed, by Bazin et Rabaud, a [[private company]] based in [[Marseilles]] in [[France]], which wanted to use it as a base for exporting [[coffee]]. The purchase price was 80,000 [[thaler]]s. In 1869, the sheikh annulled the agreement as he had received only 18,000 thalers. Bazin et Rabaud and some allies in the French press attempted to press the [[Government of France|French government]] to intervene, without success. In 1920, Cheikh Saïd was described as a "good landing-place, with an important [[telegraph]] station."<ref name=Prothero75>{{cite book|last=Prothero|first=G.W.|title=Arabia|year=1920|publisher=H.M. Stationary Office|location=London|page=75|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11767/view/1/75/}}</ref> Although as late as 1970, the [[Petit Larousse]] described it as having been a "French [[colony]] from 1868 to 1936", France never claimed formal [[jurisdiction]] or [[sovereignty]] over it. |
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In the days before [[World War I]] the [[Turks]] maintained a small fort here guarding the entrance to the Red Sea. When [[Great Britain]] went to war with the [[Ottoman empire]] in 1914,a raiding party was landed from the [[armoured cruiser]], [[HMS Duke of Edinburgh]] which captured the fort and blew it up. |
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Revision as of 06:14, 31 October 2013
Cheikh Saïd is a rocky peninsula in Yemen, near the island of Perim on the Bab-el-Mandeb at the entrance to the Red Sea. In 1868 it was purchased from the local ruler, Sheikh Ali Tabet Ahmed, by Bazin et Rabaud, a private company based in Marseilles in France, which wanted to use it as a base for exporting coffee. The purchase price was 80,000 thalers. In 1869, the sheikh annulled the agreement as he had received only 18,000 thalers. Bazin et Rabaud and some allies in the French press attempted to press the French government to intervene, without success. In 1920, Cheikh Saïd was described as a "good landing-place, with an important telegraph station."[1] Although as late as 1970, the Petit Larousse described it as having been a "French colony from 1868 to 1936", France never claimed formal jurisdiction or sovereignty over it.
In the days before World War I the Turks maintained a small fort here guarding the entrance to the Red Sea. When Great Britain went to war with the Ottoman empire in 1914,a raiding party was landed from the armoured cruiser, HMS Duke of Edinburgh which captured the fort and blew it up.
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