[8] In the mid-1870s Al Jawaib enjoyed higher levels of circulation in various places, including India and East Asia.
[9] For instance, British historian Albert Hourani argues that it was possible to find the paper in different Muslim regions such as Nejd, Arabia, and Bombay, India.
[8] As a result of its significant influence on Muslims, the British Foreign Office covertly financed Al Jawaib from 1877.
[5][9] Al Jawaib temporarily ceased publication in 1879 when the Ottomans banned it due to its praise for the Egyptian Khedive, Isma'il Pasha, who was among its financiers.
[11] It was closed down by the Ottoman government in 1884 due to its extreme pro-British stance which had been evident since the 1881 rebellion against the Empire in Sudan.