As Canadian Sargeant at Arms of the House of Commons, Kevin Vickers is to be named ambassador to Ireland, I would like to also reflect on the great help Muslims gave to Ireland during the Potato Fain in Ireland in the late 19th Century. One of the donator who became aware of the situation was Sultan Abdülmecid who declared his intention to send £10,000 to Irish farmers, but Queen Victoriarequested that the Sultan send only £1,000, because she herself had sent only £2,000. The Sultan is supposed to have sent the £1,000 along with three ships full of food. According to Abdullah Aymaz in an article in The Fountain magazine, the British administration tried to block the ships, but the food arrived secretly atDrogheda harbour and was left there by Ottoman sailors. Shipping records relating to the port appear not to have survived. Newspaper reports suggest that ships from Thessaloniki in the Ottoman Empire sailed up theRiver Boyne in May 1847,[79] although it has also been claimed that the river was dry at the time. A letter in the Ottoman archives of Turkey, written by Irish notables explicitly thanks the Sultan for his help These of course are the stories that are not talked about in history lesson at least not the full credit this great Muslim leader, who was concerned with the people of Ireland. https://iternchange.wordpress/2013/12/18/the-great-hunger-ireland-and-the-help-of-muslim/
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