05299cpcaa2200829 i 4500 21668633 20250607102750.8 cr ||||||||||| 200813|||||||||||| may 21668633 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-nonroman LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-893 2019276520 2016404034 SEA76520 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC may eng SEA MSS 1 Farquhar, William, 1774-1839. William Farquhar correspondence and other Malay letters, 1812-1832 (bulk 1818-1823). 46 items. 16 containers. 8.3 linear feet. Arranged primarily in chronological order. Open to research. 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. 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 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. Personal correspondence. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026141 Colonial administrators, British. itoamc Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) DLC William Farquhar Correspondence and other Malay Letters at the Library of Congress Library of Congress Asian Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asian.home William Farquhar Correspondence and Other Malay Letters at the Library of Congress asianscd 2019276520 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianscd.2019276520 Collection overview page https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/collasian.ad000003 Finding aid https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/eadasian.ad020001 Finding aid (PDF) https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/eadasian.ad020001.3 asian/ead asian/asianscd asian/farq