A ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 1816, Sarkin Kombo ya ba da tsibirin Banjul ga Alexander Grant, kwamandan Biritaniya. Grant ya kafa Banjul a matsayin cibiyar kasuwanci da tushe, gina gidaje da bariki don sarrafa ƙofar zuwa bakin kogin Gambia da hana cinikin bayi. 'Yan Burtaniya sun sake sunan Banjul Island a matsayin St. Mary's Island kuma sun kira sabon garin Banurst, bayan 3rd Earl Bathurst, Sakataren Gwamnati na War da Colonies a lokacin. An shimfiɗa tituna a cikin wani grid da aka gyara, kuma an sanya masa suna bayan Janar Janar a yakin Bathloo.
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