Saturday, May 18, 2019

Surat Sheikh Abdullah al-Habshi kepada James Scott (MS 40320/6, f. 87) berkaitan perdagangan, 28 Muharam 1208 (5 September 1793)

Al-Salam ‘ala man al-attabi’ al-huda ila al-sahib al-awd al-kafitan 
Uskut ahdah Allah ila tariq al-sawab amin wa ba’d fa al-mujib 
khair allazi na’rifuka min ajli al-murakkab haqqukum allazi fih nadrukum 



al-kurani wa al-kafitan tat fa huwa asar ila al-kurani wa al-an yawm 
ard al-masir ila al-kurani fanahnu tala’na ila ‘indih wa asalanah ayn muraduka 
jawab qal muraduh ila al-kurati haithu annahu qal in Po Cat Qadin 
bayannahbih al-an dimna lah la tahlim syajn la tusir ila al-Kurati haithu
malaka hukm wa al-yawm al-faransis fi badal wa labudda ma yasil ila ha huna
al-an ya muhib fa Kapitan samia’ al-kalam wa amma al-kurani fa huwa aba wa al-an
safaru ila al-kurati lithaman ‘asyar Muharram sanah 1208 ila lana wasalu wa qad
lahum thamaniah yaum fauq al-kurati wasala ilayhi Abdullah Abu fazim allazi fi 
mardau wa jab filfil wa fuful wa sar ila al-kurati wa a’rad alaihim al-bida’ah
allazi ma’ahu wa qala lahum la tajlisun huna haithu al-fransis wasil
ba’di al-an aba al-kurani an la yarji’ illa al-talu al-an lithamaniyyah wa ‘isyrin
fi muharram wasala al-fransis wahid murakkab thalathah iz qal
wat uh 
ila al-kurati
wa syalahu wa amma al-kafitan
fa huwa fi al-kualah ‘ummal yastaslim
fufil wa qad syajana wahid
saniban haqqakum al-kabir
wa lamma wasala al-kualah qharaqa
wa nuslih al-an wasala ilaina
lamma al-talu al-kafitan baki
al-an qabalnahu bih wa asahibukum
al-thanin tanku qurudu wa al-an
talabu min tanku qurudu minna wahid
saniban li qissah al-a’lam
al-an sadara al-saniban
wa khattana haza au khat tanku qurud
wa khat min ashabikum al-an
an ‘indakum ithnain marakib
allazi fiha alat al-harb
al-murad annakum tursilunahunna
haithu al-fransis
haza ma fih al-an
kathir wa la yamshi kathir wa huwa 
‘ala thalathah iz qal haza wa ma
Biqamin akhbar fi khat asaha bikum

Wa al-jawab
Ya’ud wa amma au dam
Kum allazi ‘indana salibu
Khuwatirukum nahnu ansarna
Al-shamil alaihim wa amma al-mal
Allazi fat alaihim fahuwa ashi
Qalil ‘inda kalam al-kafitan 
Labudda biqadar yuqimat thaman mayit
Farsyi haza wa anna lakum ‘azirah
Fanahnu fih haza wa ma na’lam
Wa ma huwa alkum min mal fahuwa fi 
Al-kut ‘inda Tenku Abu haza
Wa al-an wa huwa fi fawq al-talu fi 
Al-bahr al-kabir wa minha ila badr
Haza wa al-khawf al-kabir
Illa ‘ala al-talu

Wa qad kam ‘alamin bijami’ ma lakum wa mal al-sayyid haiz fi akbar wa huma al-kawn wa ‘irdihi haza wa al-talu qad kam ‘alamin
Syaikh Abdullah bin Syeikh al-habsyi    Tarikh 28 fi Muharram sanah 1208

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