ARABIC LETTERS. S95 the month above-mentioned ; and we trust God will keep us in his protection against them ; and thus I have said all I had to say. M day of Shaban, year of the Hejra 1202, (corresponding with 7th May, I788.)

Letter VI.

Letter from Muley Soliman ben MuJiamed Emperor of MaroccOy Sgc, Sfc, to His Majesty George III, literally translated from the original Arabic by James Grey Jackson at the request of the Right Hon. Spencer Percevaly cfter lying in the Secretary of State's Office herefor several months and being then sent ineffectually to the Universitiesfor translation, and after various enquiries had been made on behalf of the Emperor, to the Governor of Gibraltar, the Bashaw ofEl Garb, and the Alkaid of Tangier, to ascertaifi if any answer had been returned to his Imperial Majesty, In the name of God! the all-merciful and commiserating God, 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 of God, the commander of the faithful [in Muhamed] upheld and supported by the Grace of God.

Soliman the son of Muhamed, the son of Abdallah, the son of Ismael, Prince of [the house or dynasty of Hassan] who was ever upheld by the * The words between brackets are not in the original, but implied.