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1. IOR/R/15/1/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/39
Title:
‘Vol 45 Letters Inward’
Scope & Content:
The letters in the file relate to Mombasa’s brief status as a British protectorate during the years 1824 to 1826, and the plan and execution of British withdrawal from the town, in light of the Imam of Muscat’s disapproval of British occupation (he considered Mombasa be part of his dominions at Z...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1826-12 Oct 1826
Extent:
1 file, 5 items (24 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter No.938 (Political Department) from David Greenhill, Secretary to the Government to Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a receipt of a previous letter relating to the Imam of Muscat’s designs against Bushire. Greenhill writes that the Governor in Council is of the opinion that His Highness should be now left to pursue his own policy towards Bushire and that Stannus, as Resident,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1826
Extent:

2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 4-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 4-11
Title:
Letter No.1044B (Political Department) from David Greenhill, Secretary to Government, to Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a copy of a letter (folios 5-7) from Commodore Hood Hanway Christian at Port Louis, Mauritius, dated 10 May 1826. Christian’s letter relates to the status of Mombas [Mombasa] on the East African coast, which was made a British Protectorate in February 18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1826
Extent:

8 folios

4. IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 16-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 16-19
Title:
Letter No.1047 (Political Department) from David Greenhill, Secretary to the Government, to Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the shipwreck and plunder of a bugla [boat] off the Persian coast, and is a response to an earlier letter, dated 1 July 1826, sent by the Resident to the Bombay Government. Greenhill writes of the Persian Government’s commitment to assist English vessels in trouble off the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1826
Extent:
4 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 20-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 20-24
Title:
Letter No.1127 (Political Department) from David Greenhill, Secretary to Government, to Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
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 Ho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1826
Extent:
5 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 11-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/39, ff 11-15
Title:
Letter No.1044 of 1826 (Political Department) from T Harden and Richard Thomas Goodwin of the Bombay Government, to His Excellency Hood Hanway Christian, Commodore of His Majesty’s Squadron on the Cape Station
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the status of the British protectorate of Mombas [Mombasa], and the Bombay Government’s relations with the Imam of Muscat. The correspondents write that Britain’s relations with the current Imam of Muscat are very friendly, and that the Imam has made numerous commitments and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1826
Extent:
4 folios

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