L.S.

Mohamed ben Abdallah, ben
Ismael, Sultan ben, Sultan,
&c.

In the name of God, for there is no power or strength but from God.

To all the Consuls at Tangier.

Peace (be) to those who follow the right path.

By this you will learn that we are in peace and friendship with all
the Christian powers until the month of May of the next year, (of
the Hejra, 1203,) and such nations as shall then be desirous to
continue in peace and friendship with us, are to write a letter to
us, when the month of May comes, to inform us if they are in peace
and friendship with us, then we shall be the same with them; but,
if any Christian nation desire to go to war with us, they will let
395 us know before 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.

2d day of Shaban, year of the Hejra 1202, (corresponding with 7th
May, 1788.)

LETTER VI.

_Letter from Muley Soliman ben Muhamed, Emperor of Marocco, &c. &c.
to His Majesty George III. literally translated from the original
Arabic, by James Grey Jackson, at the request of the Right Hon.
Spencer Perceval, after lying in the Secretary of State's Office
here for several months, and being then sent ineffectually to the
Universities for translation, and after various enquiries had been
made on behalf of the Emperor, to the Governor of Gibraltar, the
Bashaw of El Garb, and the Alkaid of Tangier, to ascertain 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][222] who was ever upheld
396 by the power of God, Sultan of Fas and Marocco, and Suse, and
Draha, and Tafilelt, and Tuat, together with all the territories of
the West.

[Footnote 222: The words between brackets are not in the original,
but implied.]

L.S.

Soliman, son of Mohamed, son
Abd