Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Item 23. Letter from Engku Syed Muhammad Zain ibn almarhum al-Habib Abdul Rahman al-Qudsi of Riau to Colonel William Farquhar. Resident of Singapore. 9 Jamadilawal 1236 (12 February 1821). Item 23. Letter from Engku Syed Muhammad Zain ibn almarhum al-Habib Abdul Rahman al-Qudsi of Riau to Colonel William Farquhar. Resident of Singapore. 9 Jamadilawal 1236 (12 February 1821).

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Title

  • William Farquhar correspondence and other Malay letters,

Summary

  • Letters addressed chiefly to William Farquhar during his years as British Resident of Singapore from Malay kings and notables in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaya. Reflects his role in the founding of modern Singapore and his relationships with Malay rulers instrumental to the success of the East India Company's enterprise in Singapore. Includes several letters between Malay notables and businessmen, Chinese among them, allowing a glimpse into the intercommunal connections that formed the larger context of the world in which Farquhar and Malay rulers operated. Of note is a letter from Siti Fatimah binti Jamaluddin Abdul Rahman, Sultanah of Pammana, written as a reigning female monarch of the Malay-speaking world of that era. Other correspondents include Hussein Muhammad Shah, Sultan of Singapore and Johor; Muhammad Kanzul Alam, Sultan of Brunei; Raja Jafar, Yang DiPertuan Muda of Riau; and Tun Ali, Datuk Bendahara Sewa Raja of Pahang.

Names

  • Farquhar, William, 1774-1839
  • Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Headings

  • -  Hussein Muhammad Shah,--Sultan of Singapore and Johor--Correspondence
  • -  Muhammad Kanzul Alam,--Sultan of Brunei--Correspondence
  • -  Raja Jafar,--Yang DiPertuan Muda of Riau--Correspondence
  • -  Siti Fatimah binti Jamaluddin Abdul Rahman,--Sultanah of Pammana--Correspondence
  • -  Tun Ali,--Datuk Bendahara Sewa Raja of Pahang--Correspondence
  • -  East India Company
  • -  British--Malaya
  • -  British--Singapore
  • -  British--Southeast Asia
  • -  Colonial administrators--Southeast Asia--Correspondence
  • -  Colonial companies--Asia
  • -  Kings, queens, rulers, etc.--Correspondence
  • -  Sultans--Southeast Asia--Correspondence
  • -  Women heads of state--Southeast Asia--Correspondence
  • -  Great Britain--Commerce--Singapore
  • -  Great Britain--Foreign relations--Malaya
  • -  Great Britain--Foreign relations--Singapore
  • -  Great Britain--Colonies--Asia
  • -  Indonesia--History--1798-1942
  • -  Malacca (Malacca, Malaysia)--History
  • -  Malaya--Commerce
  • -  Malaya--Foreign relations--Great Britain
  • -  Malaya--History--1786-1867
  • -  Singapore--Commerce--Great Britain
  • -  Singapore--Foreign relations--Great Britain
  • -  Singapore--History--1819-1867
  • -  Singapore--Politics and government--1819-1867
  • -  Southeast Asia--History--19th century

Notes

  • -  Arranged primarily in chronological order.
  • -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Farquhar Correspondence and other Malay Letters, Asian Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  William Farquhar Correspondence and other Malay Letters available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianscd.2019276520
  • -  In part, transliteration from Jawi into Romanized Malay and translation into English. Malaysia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
  • -  Transfer, Smithsonian Institution, 1866.
  • -  British Resident of Melaka (Malacca), from 1813 to 1818, and Resident of Singapore, 1819 to 1823.
  • -  Collection material in Malay (Jawi script) and English. Includes examples of original nineteenth-century Malay letter-writing.
  • -  Finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/eadasian.ad020001

Medium

  • 46 items.
  • 16 containers.
  • 8.3 linear feet.

Repository

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019276520

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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