| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | MS 1747 |
| Extent | 22 ff. |
| Title | LETTERS TO BISHOP GOBAT, ET AL. |
| Date | 19th century |
| Description | Letters in Amharic to Samuel Gobat, Bishop in Jerusalem, and others, with translations into English. The letters to Gobat are from Sahle Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1855) (f. 1); Theodore II, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1868) (f. 3v); Ras Ali, Ethiopian minister (f. 6); Aleka Fanta, of Debre Birhan (f. 8).
Also letters from Sahle Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia, to Bishop Oragos of Jerusalem (f. 10); to the Bishop of Rome in Jerusalem (f. 12); to Sultan Abdel Mejid (f. 14v); to Pope Kirubeal of Jerusalem (f. 17); to all Christians in Armenia and Palestine. |
| Language | Amharic |
| Acquisition | Given by Mrs. Mary Tufnell Barrett, 1961. For more information see LR/L/11 ff. 263-266. |
| Copies | Microfilm: Lambeth Palace Library Box 500 |
| PublnNote | Rubenson, Sven (ed.) 'Correspondence and treaties 1800-1854' in "Acta Aethiopica" I, 1987
Rubenson, Sven (ed.) 'Letter from Tewodros, king of Abyssinia to Bishop Gobat' in "Acta Aethiopica" II, 1994 |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| 213 | Gobat; Samuel (1799-1879); Bishop in Jerusalem | 1799-1879 |