Surat Sayid Abdullah al-Habshi kepada James Scott (MS 40320/7, f.236) Khamis, 20 Safar 1208 / 26 September 1793

Alhamdulillah Wahdah lih Kapitan Uskut mamdah Allah mawjib al-kitab khair min sha’n murakib  al-faraniyyin wasala washala markab haqd min fawq al-kurati wa dakhala ila al-taluw washala markab al-sir husayn wa al-fawfil li fi al-qurab wa saru wa baqi li khabar fi warqah al-kafitan kifayah akhbar al-sa’ah li ‘indana al-tiba’ nafaq wa al-‘atb shay itba’ wa shay ‘adah fi adn filfil wa fufil qad atlaqna ‘ala al-kurani miqdaruh kashb lillah bal wa rubu’ wa awsaluh ‘indana wa al-baqi muntazirin kamkam an bifaytuh ila pulau binan awhid babil natluquh ‘alayh Allah Allah al-haqiq min ‘ind lahm lihayth al-fufil wa al-filfil matruh wa an batarsalun shay arsalu afyun