Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1876

No. 327.
Mr. Comanos to Mr. Fish.

Agency and Consulate-General of the United States in Egypt,
Cairo , September 18, 1876. (Received October 13.)

No. 52.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that Saturday the 16th instant, at 11 o’clock in the morning, the imperial firman, announcing the abdication of Sultan Murad and the accession of Sultan Abdul Hamid to the throne of Turkey, was read in the Gezireh palace in the presence of His Highness the Khedive, the ministers of state, Ottoman notables, the patriarchs of the several religious communities, and the consular corps.

The firman stated that the cause of the abdication by the Ex-Sultan was incompetency and illness. The new Sultan expresses confidence in the Khedive, and desires him to secure the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people.

I am, &c.,

N. D. COMANOS,
Vice-Consul-General, in charge.