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Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly

Title	Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
Author	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
Publication Date:	28 Ram 1281 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	2
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8
Record ID	vdc_100023479696.0x000007
Library Location	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.
Date	28 Ram 1281 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	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.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	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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Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly

Author 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

Publication Date 28 Ram 1281 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 2

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8

Record ID vdc_100023479696.0x000007

Library Location 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.

Date 28 Ram 1281 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes 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.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme 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.