Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 28 Ram 1281. It was written in Arabic and 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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Letter in Arabic, with English translation, sent 28 Ramadan 1281 (25 February 1865) and received at the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. 20 Mar 1865.
Letter reporting that the Chief of Jaalan [Ja'alan] had paid a visit to Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisal bin Turki al Saud] and that he had returned accompanied by a Wahabee [Wahhabi] Moollah [Mullah]. The letter also informs Pelly that Ameer Fysul had instructed his deputy at Brynee [al-Buraimi] to send his brother Abdul-Aziz al Saud to Jaalan as Amir and that they were now awaiting the arrival of a third brother, Majid from Lahsah [Al-Hasa] before departing.
The letter also reports on the general opinion along the Oman coast that recent disturbances have been owing to the extending Wahabee influence and that although the English destruction of Rasal Khyma [Ra's al Khaimah] in 1820 had kept affairs quiet for a time in recent years the Wahabees had been increasing their influence unchecked.
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- 2 folios
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- 33 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/46
- Arrangement
The Arabic letter has been written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 7 and the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of folio 8, with the english translation appearing on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 8.
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Seal: The ink seal of Haji Yaq'ub ( native agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Sharjah) has been stamped onto the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of folio 7.
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- Arabic and English in Arabic and Latin script
- Type
- Letter
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- 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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- Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8
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- 28 Ram 1281 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Title
- Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
- Pages
- 7r, 8r:8v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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