BMotheekTeyterekAswn Spaame 16 !: 2011CH HAARLEM j Letter from Seedi Muley Soliman, Emperor o f Morocco, <§fc. 8pc. to His Majesty George the Third. fj** (****# J j e M * D U ^S\ I j S ^ J y > - ij * {]#&$ ^ J ^ J*J ^!lc] ^ D- «X»fi (X«^iO o l y l j c j L i U ^ is.j$j (_y.j^ } yBAyoj p S a lL L > jjjjExjl ® | <UJy + t \ »Jte ^ > ¿A. -»-c thjW-k**3 (L . ¿liViX-cC- S.) 2> S jj A & D \ CJtz 8 JBS S j i i ^ K j ^ S | M - 5 t_y.-.--,*^).'\ —t j j y ¿ _ j l \ s j j \ t y ^ M ( ¿ r 6 j * * ^ Sj,S- j ^wNaA\ j +yj AhjaLj ^ J ^ ay ^ 3 f B ? y y j } j ^ = J — 1 UU * * i B U j \L>\ c ^Ab A^o \i^To^o y pB=o Afj> TRANSLATION. In the name o f God g the all merciful and commiserating Godl on whom is our account, and we acknowledge his support; for there is neither beginning nor power, but that which proceeds from God, the High, Eternal God. From the Servant o f God, the Commander of the Faithful [in Mohammed],* upheld and supported by the grace o f God. Soliman, the son o f Mohammed, the son o f Abd Allah, the son of Isma’ael, Prince o f [the House or Dynasty of] Hassan, who was ever upheld by the power o f God, Sultan o f Fas and Marocksh, and Suse, andDraha, andTafilelt, andTuwat, together with all the territories o f the West. Soliman, (L. son o f Mohammed, [who was the] S.) son o f Abd Allah, God illumine and support him. To our dearly beloved and cherished, exalted by the power o f God, the Sultan t George the Third, Sultan o f the territories o f the United Kingdom o f Great Britain, Ireland, Duke o f Mecklenburg Strelitz, Prince, descended from the dynasty o f the Sultans of Rome and Palestine, &c. This premised, we inform you that we continually make friendly and diligent enquiry about you, desiring heartily that you may be at all times surrounded by wealth and prosperity. We wish you to * The words between brackets are not in the original, but implied. + This, perhaps, is the only letter extant wherein a Mooselmin prince gives the title of Sultan to a Christian king.
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