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Letter No.1127 (Political Department) from David Greenhill, Secretary to Government, to Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎20v] (2/12)

The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 12 Oct 1826. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The letter relates to the status of the British protectorate at Mombas [Mombasa]. Greenhill’s letter is a covering letter, enclosing two further letters. The first letter (folios 21-22) is addressed to the Right Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor in Council in Bombay, from Commodore Hood Hanway Christian, dated 5 September 1826. In the letter Christian reports that the British establishment at Mombasa has been withdrawn, and that Lieutenant Emery, the appointed British Governor at Mombasa, has been recalled. The second letter no.1126 of 1826 (folios 23-24), dated 12 October 1826, is an assurance from Greenhill to Christian that the British authorities will impress upon the Imam of Muscat that the people of Mombasa should not suffer for their temporary switch of allegiance, and that measures should be taken to ensure that the French do not seek to make capital out of the British withdrawal. In his covering letter to the Resident, Greenhill requests that the appropriate representations are made to the Imam of Muscat concerning the people of Mombasa.

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Letter No.1127 (Political Department) from David Greenhill, Secretary to Government, to Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎20v] (2/12), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 20-24, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023483809.0x000029> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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