PERPUSTAKAAN NEGARA MALAYSIA

MA LAY

<.-( P u b l i s h ed with t h e: assistance o f the: Ciovern men t o f~ t he: r' cdc r-a tcd Malay .jtaks . )

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MI5fIe d ite d

with intro du ct io n an d n ot e s

BY

R . O . Wi ns ted t.

S . S. & F . M. S. C iv il S erv ic e .

S I N li Al'( )J(P' :

PHINTED AT TilE 11 E 'J'l! lJ !JI ST p[ lll 1.1 SJlI ~; l; I l o u., «lUi!)

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( B) - a ro py o f the prose po rt io n of the h ist o ry ol,(a i lh:d hy 1I 1(!

from Hlunj a «n the L'erak 1:iv er ; an d__(Cn a I:("'PY of i!It: verses (\(:cn r ringjl.i ;\ l.u! (J! l!!t kd frull! J; ;

a copy muu cd s im ply l ka ta n Naja l.u- l. aut, wri t t-.u I tr. u uint ernal evidenl:e) from memory ill Peruk ill I h e t imc lI[S ir llllgh L v II' .

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MI SA ?>H:r~AYU.I

of~ more \"lllulILle of 1~ I his torica) \':.ur ks; a nd i t is su rp r isin g'that It has not een pri n u«! bd o re. The sluie r o r loug poc t.iralr ecital of Marhum K uhar 's tri p do wn t he I' crnk ri ver and roundthe coas t to Ili llt.allg has li ter ary lI.S wel l as histori r-al va lue. 'l'heprose portion of the Look, th oll~h 1I0t equul ill style to th llt ~fu !ay

m asterpiece t he S cjarllh Mi!llI yll , is not lacki ng in merit.

It is menti oned i ll th c horly o f th e work, ns Si r Willi.u n Mux­" well haS~liced (Jou rnal of Ihe n V!Jal . lsial ic S ooid!J. S ITtl iis

b ' B ranch, 187t> l l , p. 187-1D:l) that th e a u th or III' t he :llislI ill t heoriginal s lU P~ was lInja C!lu!a n il)\Ji Haj il !Iu m i ilm i Ya ng di ·pertuan lIU d'l, Su ILan , a usu r Shah (or Xl urliuiu P ulau 1fj7f).IIe was given t he ti lie of Baja 1\edl it Bt:s i ~~..i!!-..!hU'eig] LoL('-L1lliu '

Mudzaf~r Shah ( who d iet ru '175(i). . I l e accom pan ied S ul tanI okufjua;:Qnlrrs roya l p rogress rou1l1Y t he L'ernk coas t, uud receivedt he royal couunun d to conu uc m oru to the journey ill ver se : for " a tthat time he was the cleverest III UU in P cruk a L prose arul verse."It is sad 1.0 rela te all a u then tic tradi tion t hat t he un happy poet wasstabbed to death by fill uggr icI'cl1 hu sba nd , b riugi ng m ise ry am]tortu re Oil others and ca us ing the k l' r i..s li.cJll lol: ( tlw ins trument ofh is murder ) to lie a forbidden wenpou in t lu: ~ lilt c o f J'era k. A f terd ea th he was know n as Xlarl. II/II P ulau J [WI'. .

~r Willi a m Maxwell ga ve 1I shor t acco un t of t he con ten ts oft he M isa in th e paper alread y ment ioned. In th a t a r t icle he tookt he word M~W1 to be II d ial ec t ical form o r Jl isal ' E xam plur.' III

"J ournal X IV, D ec, 188 -1 , p. ;31 0, he co rrected th ut in terp re tation,perha ps erroneo us ly, expla in in g :-" T here j';-!1- .lfiYllIlCSe "romanc ewhich has been t ran sla ted in to Mal ay und is verypopula r in P erak. ­

I__.____It 'is ca lled M isa Pero« Jaya or s imlJJ,Y-.Ji ~~a .fa I"a. nll ja Chu lun'sI " work has been compa red bTits ,Il};nirers to that romance and has

thus come to be call ed JLisa-Jlil{!lL!~/ ' If tha t is r eally th e case, H il:

I, n ame is a school-hoy er ro r. Mvsa in .Iavanese means, of cou rse ,4' Buffalo" an d is used as a title : Malays have n o such an imalhouorifles-c-e xcep t indeed 'To Gnjah.

I had inten ded to p reface th is work -w i tJLa~horLhi5tor'y~of-_- ­P erak, but qui to a pa r t f rom considera t ions of-s pllce,j.lllltJli8tory is -60 fully han d led by Mr. It J . Wilkinso n ill... the fortll~comi nl! n ew ­edi t ion of his " Malay IIis tory " th at an y other-account-would bes uperfluo us . So I give merely fin outline of the conteuts of tho- ­M isa in Engl ish.

18 NOV 1976

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f"'1 isa Melayu

This liistorv was ivr iltc u a f ter the ]'cigil uf Su ltan Iskand arSllah ( .l[urlilil/l.·f{a llllr ) of Pc ruk.

The first Til ler of I'l'rak was MI/rh 11//1 J ulilu ' llah, who 1 Jt: .~ a L

Su ltau ;\lahlllu<1 Shillt or .l[arhlllli l itlso l' wh., r\' igl l< ',j l::w n 'ar s,J[Ol'hll/ll I k ,it r WHS S II CC-I~I~dl~d by h is' nuphe w J:a ja l: allill (a ~" Il (,(a Y a ll .~ di-pert uan \Iuda who had tlil ~d at J'u lau '.I' i ~ a ) with t h»ti il« uf Sli itan Ala 'u'd -rli» l: in\'a l S hah und thal ru lvr rl ,i ~llI" ,1 f iJI'

-l:\:;;k~ tI ycurs a nd Oil hi s l!L:a lh \~' a s s l.yll'fl JIlir//1I1I1 :Jll ifi // !·/·. J I j,;

"> yO llllg'I'J' hr,,1!Il:r Iia j a l nu was !:a ja \[ udu, who har! 1"' \'11 aJ>i' " illlt~d

r llJ.. r ·of lk rn alll IJ.\' Xl urhu iu !J /' s<!I' , On th t; Ill'a t!l IIi" :) ld LlllAlu' u' d-rliu I?inyat Shnll, th is l.rol h.-r Hajil Lnu \\';\ S Ill;l.]\, n d"r ,.tPerak with th e t itle :-:l'llla ll ?I !lIdza!'ar Shah '11ll1 T\' igllrd at !:r ah ­

1l1,l 11 I ml ru till civil war drove h i iu tu 1~ll a 1.t }\ al l ;~sa]' ; \\' h l ! ' ~ "tl' lI lalL ' t' ig;l r , ~ i g ll l ~ d h i,; Y'J lLll.~ (:r br"III, -r ( I ~r,j a l \ is llll 1. i11'~ Uaj ,l~\ l lI tl a, wi th t lio t ill;' " I' S lil tall ~ l llh ali l lu a d Sllali. ' 1'1 ", ."" , li t',S ullall M uhalllllla,'j ~lt a !l II' " ,; l~ ;I .i a \ Iu d:\ l-kun.lnr, who ,'a ll1<: l.lk l'to 1 1 1l~ th rou« nn«] Ir as the f.uu uus J[ I/ ri<lll/i 1I"(/h'IT,

L-~"I 'ad l1l t was the div illi llg bou ndar y lwt \\'d '11 the Sj'!I,·r,·" lit ill -;;~11 u ( ' l ll 'e o f the llt.wo Sulta ns. . W!lile h ~ rt;i;!Jled at Kua la !\ ' 11lt!'-;;1l ',

Sulta n Mudzufnr Shah had th e f () 1l o ll' i ll :~ Illin i,.: rer s-l:a.ia ,\b ll ~

f;O !l - Oi' a Kcrl ulrrn ju [0 1' H e l llbilill'll" :'I!"gat I' illia l fo r ()rlll l~ Ku y»B esar, :Jlegat Mutubar fur :.l'cmCllggollg, T'akih YU';(l!J fllr ;;Lllitri .

After some t im e, l,\, l ite endea vours of the Ha ia j [nlla L ka lltla r,hi " fa ther invited 8 u1I;ln Mudzaf'ur S hah Luck t:) Tlr,l ]l l1l a ll I hd ra

.i:s>~a s sole Su ltan . But the coun t rv was reallv r uled hy I;aja Iskan dar... a t I' ulau 'riga; wher e his fa ther abo li ved as Y ft ll;!-di -per l.u IlH

Muda. On his retu rn to Brahman Jnrl ra, Su lta n Mudzaf :LI' SI/l,h~~ (;hOSlU l (:w-mfl) is tcT,?, l~egat P Clldi:1 a;: Be i}dttlla ra ,~' .i th th.; s,ty l l ~ ~r ~= "MahllIll .1 a,'l all Maru sin as Ora ng Ka va Besar wit h th e sty le Bri

_M a ha ra j a 'di -ra ja, Tall B autnn as T cm i'flggon g wit h the style~_ r l 'e ll1 e!.!ggu llg Paduka .Jla ja, Shnr if .Llusai n as Ma n tr] wi th th e s tyle

Sri PaJ uka 'I' uan:-

r-. .~ - A l\ffll t - t lI i " t ime .S ultan Berkahat 11 M enaJlgk a hau raja attad:etl\;,_~ B ukit Uan t a ll~ , I Ie ha ,l-forme rly been a Jnl'l) ur i!l : '(,E S ultiln

Mu dza fal' Shah at Kuala Ka ngs a r an d now he ca rn e hud; with t woBu g-is rajas Daellg" ?If,:lt kali an rl Dacli!! 1fen chela k and a n umberof wunio rs a nd Ioll owers, cla imi ng to ha ve lecn a,lop tul hy tho'Sultun as his son. Haja Kei-hil '\ [llda. and the l k wl ld lllra set outfroll1 Bralllllan Inc1ra to OpPOs(~ him . T h er e was seYere fighti ng,

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- wh ich did Dot C&LSe ti ll Ituja Mudu Is kanda r came , defeated thoadventure rs, an d beat them Lack to K uala I' eng kulan .o I n the reign of [S ulta n Mudzafar S hah,1 t he Dutch havi ngcrossed from Ba ta via to }[aIacea cume li'j)tO I'c ruk and obta inedthe monopoly of Luyiu g all ti n thu t wus brough t down th e I'erakr iver at the fixed price of $:lO/ - il Lahara, with .\ t ri bu te of $~/- alraluira in ad ditio n to be paid to t he S ultan. T hey bu ilt a for-tinedala lio n a t P cngka lan 1I ulbun on 'I'anjong I'll t us, E very th rceyears a fresh" Captai n" was sent from Bata via. A g reat uunrherof dollars came into circulat iou in Perak.

G> Now S ultan }! tHlza f,lf S hah had had 11 Iuvourit e a t Ku alaK a ngsar of Kedah ext rac t ion, a relat ive of his own, -l Llja Al um sonof ltuja Pu teh , who hall been styl.«l Raja Ke ch i] nL'~a r an .l hadmarried the daug-Id er of J:a j ll 1lalla the Iluja K ,~ "hi ] Muda, Atth e t ime of th e revunciliut iun uf th,: two Sultans, the l1 aj a j[ UdliI skan dar ha. ] prevvntcd t his ru un trum iullo \\'iJl,~ Su ltan j l udza far 'P­S hah [0 B rahm an l nd ra . SO, a i t lie t ime of Su li.in !k rkaha t ';:; ill­vusi..n Baj a Al.un had kept quiet at 1\uula !' <l llg-"a r Hlld nul !l\'l ' '' 'd J!­t ill' l :aja .\I uLla to "xpel till' l ~ II <:l IlY . 11 i:i di ~at rl'd i ull ,:,)lllillg t'-l thee-ars of Su ltan Mu .lzufu r Shah , ti le lluja .\l uLl a recei ved i ns t ruc­ti ons to brill g h iru down-r iver und lie was kep t a t 1' 111 :111 'r ig il un.lerchuge -of th e Y a !l ;! -d i- p l~ rtu a n jl uda lind the l: aja ~ lll da, F r U l1I

t here, he cOllspir,'d wit h tlt e .\ t a lay t-ustoms-utlire r at ' l'anj ullgP u t us au.l took tu hirus-If II crowd uf BU,~ i~ lI 11 d o t he r d isrep utuulefollowers. The S ultun wvut up I" P ul.ru 'l' ig:l au.l t ill : l .aju ~l u d a

iJl\', 'st "d the t ruit«r, who however C: ~ ' ''l p C: ll \ I'y way ,,1' l luki L Ladaan d ~ ll 11 gai ! leda p d" lr ll tll TlI llj illlg Put us, wl u-r. : lu- t ried If, s t irIII' a re vol u t ion a~a i ll ~ L t lie :iway u( the Uaja .\l uda , Bll t till:S ulta ll .\I u,lza ta r :'1hah St'lll - a S"<:I'd desl':Iic iJ loJ I! I'~ !l llt<-h Cap­tuin, whereupon tb,· lut.t.-r decll.\','d Ua ja .-\ la'lIl in t« Ili:i t'llrt ,111.1 ~ <:l l t

hirn a prisone r to .'It aLtl'l:a, T he jl ulay , ; u~t" I II:i - (Jll j " I ' r wa:i al soa r rvste .l a nd halIi ", b" d III jl a l;Il:,'a .

.-\ t lust , the Yall;!-d i-pert ua ll j l ud;{0:ftd ta ll :'! uha llilulld Sh~LI i"d II II (1 wus culled u f ter death . vl-Xlurh u r« . 1'" /11 11 (/ i ; u: washu r i i-c] a t l' ulau 'figa , Sulta n j ! ud zafar S hah a t tcu. l.«! t he oh­seq uies and to r ~e \' l' ll da)'ti 11 0 noDI/I was so uinler] .

Haj a .\1udu { 1:i k lj.llilUlJr~ lll ai lled a:i power fu l a nd ,t:i :I,('!oretl I,'y- ever y on e as bd " r,:, A t t lie l i uu: III' h is ia ther ':; dea th he hlld a

da ug ht er Ba ja Sal,d 'L l iasul on ly t h n-e yea r:i old , Sul tall .\ 1u­dzuIur Shuh no w !, rt'-~':Ilted him II i t h hi" OW JI d'Lu g h l,'r I:ajll lI ud llkHa~ u l ill lIla rrillg" , JI is YOUllgest hrot her Iillj a E, :chi l Mudn, wilhHaja Chi lla ll a lld l: aja .-\ Ja ' u' d-d ill a rm ng l'd the prelim illari eH.T Ill: I:aja _\ [ ud ll all d h i,,; pa rty :iet out 0011'11 r ive} wiLl I l >(~tro thu lP'''7'w,it,,," 'he ,,'" he 1,' [he ]uu[.w,y 1)1" ;" of U" 0 ....,,"

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K an t Hesar t ill t he S ultan sen t elephants to esco rt the m.-" " A f ter th e be trothal, th e ca r -pic rciujr o f the future br i. l« rook p lur e

a mi d g rea t fest.ivit ies , wit h music, games and t ribu te ofleri ngs. Ont he eig llteenth n ight, th e O ra ng K ayn B esar l.rcught in t he henn aplaced on th e head of " Ii m on key calle d Hanumun."

Du ri.llg the fcs t.i vi t. ies , J:a j,L Chu!an th e- au tho r of t his Lookr eceived tlw--title-of--J:a j ,i Ke chi l Hcsar ; Hu-j a Ala 'u 'd- d in o l I:ajaK eelril 'l'en g ul l, R aj a I llll uf R aja di -Ll il ir .__

- K ow one-da)'t he ~~e}illil"IjjlgJ p fega t Pend iu ) wen t to Kuru ua rt.o ca tch a la rge ele phunt, g ot and presented i t to th e Su llu n. Jlu tOil his retu rn he Ie ll s ick ·-lillll·ditd. - H ILWilS bur ied ut Ul, ta a ndll llll~~a ])ala"-h i/an !i di-pJuang. H e wis s llec.:u1u1" i ll (J!h :e I I)'

- Sha rif Abubakar .

@ A ft er II be t roth al of th ree year", Sultan ?llud!." far :-; :0.11 dd<:f-.ru ine. l tu ma r ry llis 'd a u;!h ter to t1\1 ~ Haj a :'! uda. T Ill' J:aj H :' l l:.Iawent (1I1 a pleasure trip u p t he r iver Ki nta . T he ;-)1111.111 pr..u ·.·.I"du p r ivc r to Ku uln I \ a ll ~ ~ ii r. Both th e prinel';; 1I', ·1'e ,l \\ " y (.. r t il' ..

111(>lIt h::; , <:o lledillg t rrl.u tc. T he Ilaja ~ l lI d a lJl'ulI:Ih t l)i\C!. A1!,Uch fin{rum Kiu tn. - Aft crwn rd s , t he S u ltuu .m .lI taj n ~ ! Il tl a to~ pm>....eel:ded to Tan ju ll p; Pu t us, wh ere th ey ";ere g led" tl Ily -rh~ l a.ksq ­iu uun uud ;-)!t ah halt da r "the keys of U!e couu t ry ' ~'\nd ~ i'1\.ZJ lll lc h Cap tain , all of Wlt" ::l ga l'e th.-m p resen ts.

' l' llUl the Ill ar ria:..:e -k>ok IlIaCI:. l!,p alld dowu ri~ Clef -+~.<Lc • J,,:;I,.;an[;; 11l ·" lI .~ ll t ]'ll!la lo t<S, I h l< ' k ~, f(lld, l in alit! dollars 'to ttl>!.;~ ( 1' :-; : i1 1 " 1 1 a L l t ra luuuu Iu.l r., ;,n tl the I:a ja \ 111.1" ill p,U"',! lril~ ('lf. 1l1e.

I: n jll .\ \ it.Ll wi t h a I:t r .~ " fo l!" lI'in :..: a lld Pf~t~ lof bortts scl-l:)u.t10 l lu- sUlI ltd o f ru usi« a l1> 1 <1U(;~ Io r B rattlY¥lCl l oom. Tl~0 finet);1,"1'1: hu rt Ily it n a!'!;.·r all ' !$J~i ha"k ~ut no oo't notiQ({ ·thl2. nUsh~.J I•., l oI" " ' I ' S ~ I (l 1l wa s g r" l'1,· , ~ wi l l; mUSlC; aM <t pal<:\Le- vx.U; ~ta.paii­

fu r lh" I:a ja \ 1.ulu. .\ ftd fUrl)' da~s, C<l.Me. tn.e.. \ h<tnnc:t night-:T ilt· I,r id,: lI'a :; t. ikcu :i1:1',··! ! .l inll::; {'OlUnd ~lO!. pa la~ In proCO:US~~1\

wi t h I ll li ~ h ; alld I I ,, ~ ~ a nd str~atntlS , O.f'.I fili nl2rt d.~, ~ Rq.A"\l lId a a ,", ,, lI'a:i t u kr-n I II p, r.Q~IOl1l.S~~Ttl)~ It?und ~l~r'1 IP.UQ.e:u'\d

tlt "11 was "Jr~tt«il ~rth .100 ta!lii', of. ~'Jv< IJ , .~ tM,kt. Glrd tenl ' ~ llIa le ~~ i\.l\J.. WOO I> I~ of -tIft 01"),< ~ ~ tO lAf 1- ~u,­J.:tn~, P,\Jum -Sri. lR.~q MUdu: la ll ~d (11) +bQ !""Ol'\+ti, S h~ r'if' w.ooS!­al lil, to Ii~ad.~ mar" I<i@'; Sd'\;l~. nhe.. l1) Clmq~ UX\S fol lowed .~tha.tof P\4j~!b{'ahlm AM Raja M(($ Ir~I~, distitnt ndQ't.\\i'G of' th~;:;II Itall .

(f) :-;lllIall(\JlIdzll[i0lt.ll: r ·'] ill llllli. n~i-HHar mediciruz. no tl' " Ims::lI i )[ ' th.: k i lli ng uf a lll a ti \\' v l li ali fU l l ll ti II) t\1Q. palQ~ nor-the IOl"\2-."'fth ., (l r;1I 1-' I\ a)' ll l.i c ~a r a\' , l i ~ " d; l it: d it:,L The Rai9 EHIl<!!a WCl;S in·tila ll,·tI ;-; ;I' lla lrl:iJDi"Ti'ilii:!3 c! !.u ·!- !\ a rll llil-l. T hl' l:I ld $i,lltllJ) UIj(ij,~C€dAI- .ll ur/1I1111 lr:;Ja A llah. Ili ~ widuw the. R~<l P~rnF"j DSOl,!!.

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styled Yang-di-pertuan Tua. T he Iiuj a Kechi l ~1 uda became Ra j a~r utla . Tan H arnat , son of a form er S ri Nu ra ' dira j a and styled~aharaj a Dinda in t he la te re ig n was pro m oted S ri N ara 'di raj aand made ch ief of the co urt a t teudau ts .*' TI~ e Ben dllharu bro ugh t t he h ell u-.ure~8 of th e, H.eW SuJtu,n i,nprocL':;SlO ll on un elepha n t. It was recervcu by.the Srt N llr a 'dlrllJaand the Su ltan d on ned ,i t. Then only the Hcnduha ra a nd the eh icf d--=­donned t heir own heud -h e rch icfs a n d d id homage, A ll wh~~~n eglected to a t ten d t he obsequ ies of the late S ultan were pu n ished,-==--,d ismissed from oilice, hound hand a nd fou t and put in 't he sun ; bu tm any were subseq uen tly forgiv en . ~l 11nj' new h onou rs wer e bes­to wed .

if One duy t he S ult a n 's d a ug hter R aja S ulxlu Ii asul fell ill. Andthe S ultan was su nuno uc d lI W lI Y from B rah m an I ndra down [Q

.P ulau 'r iga by ti lt; Sri Aurar \Vllllgsa T an Llumud. So rcerers withs ilver fing er- ti ps, Su ka is, d iviners were called in : th e pati entc re­covered.

/lll Nakhoda P as um ah, who h ad been made L aksamana by thet...::I lute S ultan, was no w fo r t he firs t t iure d u ly in st a lled , had th e chi ri

r ead over h im, wus sprink led wi th sce n te d wa ter, uud then aent.r :a WII.Y on an .elephu n t dOWIl to his l.out. A ?l l ell<l llg kalJa u III lI n , rl 'a n ,~

Abdu lkaha r, was installed P ukeh Haja I ndra L'nhluwan . 'I' hcn r-­S ill ta n I s kan dur ret ur ned to Bra hma ll l n d ra an d the luuu l rerl daysof ruourn ing l ", iI l ~ over plal',·d th,~ s tones un tile gmve of .-1 /-Xlarh u n« l l a]! A llul. , lI e a lso de l .~n ni ll cd to re mo ve h is ca pita l toClu-m puka S u ri, 11('l'au~c he di~ li hl'd hl:a r in i t h« Ito/lu{--Jleilr "t hegra l"e ' of th e dl 'ad Su lm n. "\I HjUI th is t i m«, )?"l' a nliJ in te rp re te rf rUIU ~lal a l"l ~a ill th e t:u lI .lo}" u f t llt" I )ukh I '1I1 IlP;Qly~L~.~;:0pll g

1' UI lI s y a ve t ruul .l«. In t he Ia !t: ./r. 'I .~· n !I .~./..l I; I ~lJ "' , ' n .~ l l " w ". i t vtake h is own course, hut 11011' wlu -u lit: ,'a llll: up rl\ r- r wi rh a lct terwit hout a proper wrapping and wi t huu t Ila l' ill;; in f' Jn ll,,;1 t h.: LtI:~a -

m nnu and S hah ha n d ur, the S u l tii n rdll:i"d-h ill \ a lld i"ll,'e, 11 01I'1'1'1:rhi" vers ion of the ntl'ai r caused t he In u ch Ca p tu iu [0 se llli to Ib ta l'i llf ur ass is tance ; an d sev en sloop s earuc uu du r a co uun issury . T heco nu n issa rv se n t up to .l .a ksa uia uu all!l Sh.rhha ntl ur to ask for ,lII

uu.l ien ce fur himself. l I uving' Ila..;t ily t h rown II I' II fo rt uudl'ol lcl"led a .l llrge Iorce uf m en arm .«] wi t h }; ':ri:; , ma tch-lur ks, hlun ­d ur busses, pistols a mi so 0 11, the :-) 1I 1tlln r""eil'. :tI 11 1t~ Conuu issurywit h grcut state. T he D ut ch " d(llf, ·d th eir luu s a lld IJu lI"etl," p ro­duc ed polite letters f ro m Batuv iu, gave prese llis illld I,ou g ht :1 00bahara of til l. ~\ wri Hell t r cuty was m ad e st rellg! hell i lIg t hc irtra d e rel a ti oush ip.

S·· ~ Baja 1\1 ucla. und chiefs set to wor k to build the new palace at~ C1H:111puka Sari. 'riley made 11 for t fou r-sq unrc, two huudred urul

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forty feet long each way ~I"ith towers (mih/lcati) aud cun uon. In­side, they erected thr ee palaces. A ra ft was prc·par"l] fOI" ., heISultan ; with (; u n'in~ roof;=with windows ca rved und pain ted illrerl with pict ures of fish IJinJ!LuIHl drag'olls, of cloud s alltl slad'" <tlld110w<.;r5, all picked out with guld. A Hu g io. n.t a i nur was chidc-rn Itsm nu. 'f he ra ft WaS~I\lIl .~ with /lag s alld .1 1:11011' curta ins.

___ ' I' h.~ S ultau UI Hl hi,; l'onsor.f llllll th l: Yilug- d i-jlt:rl ll:lll T lia .uu l iii:--=- ....tl wir -fuJlowers WI ' U t dowll r iver U) the--;olllld of m usir. .nn.! riill g iug.-. -The n e x t~l ay t hpj' reached P uluu.Il 'iua where -a h :d t ...9LI :\~t:l l (L Y8

=---=-....was lIl11dlnmd-ct:reIi.iQH!i11=-vo \1J:! wl;U:c:::rulfilleu,_vows lliadl: 1..; f 0h.; [ ,, 1'- ­

. ---...:...:the r ;j"t~O\'ery ofTlaj£f SaIJilH....Hasul ;-- -At las t tlll'Y 1!;IIU' : t'J (; !Il:llll'a ka___~ar i which th e _~ u h a ll- !1.·ow- s tj'l etl~he=ls l u I lLl J ud ru ;';;Ikli. - ....__

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_ 'd iruj a were s unu uoued uu.l l!lh, j" cd tha t ::'11 IIg'l i Budirnctn ~ t ri'.ro,~ - "\11 m au n cr of st uk.-s uru! t r~ ps -u ! l d ::jW1I.I·S a Ill! '!cooJ$; W(!ft<:.. .gj0i.... f l'lH1Yi somc 1IlOIlIl lt:J wah goIJ, SO ltk wit. l: t9 11~ of"~o l d , Botf.'le

with s ilver , some with luass or i ron ac(;ortl illg t o i lu-i r ()wftecs' l'<lot;;·Arrived a t. th e li.,hillg gro lllld an d tl:e poisonou, fi.l1Xl pO~ fficS iif1l,lit e,\' nll Itegull to spea r all~ ,w" t'I~IP Iish , the wumeu $nlnekl~ 4nd

- fi qllea liltg wi.th d.:l ig ll t, .fall ing jnl (, tlte wutor +~riing_ ·Hl <d r skirts ,a lld st rllgg llllg lI I It~ w it }; unuth cr. "\lI ot her ~ iflW \\IUlt ~;)lIl1ga i 'I'inurli, hat hing lit Ku ulu Ki n tu.

T he l.ari ra YIl Jfaj i drew nigh an d no iTl osqu~ h~d b-a2n bl\UH­a t l ndru Sakti . I t was built wi th haste. and ~l~ kip§ ope.oM ii­with royul st ale .

'1 '1 ", Su lhu: scu t 'I'lIl11l,i 1\ t:dl iJ, II 'Pamll wit h Of\e ",if;c:.. lo P~a"H II , I unot lu-r ill l u.li« , t, l ite la lld of -thQ I<ttng~fo feteh c l!'Ou(\'iblolly ,·I" phallts. I I.· rcl.u rtu-d wi t h a +rat<!kr who Qnc:.hort<rl «.t Pl.t lau~, ·l lil l i"'l ! 111 11 1 SI 'I II 1'1 ' a Ill' ·''',,·II;.:.er wi t h 'T'<\mbii K~hil +0 tfl~ (.i:lu rt.'1' 11 " :-; 111 1<1 11 g are 'I'a Ii t1,i J\ IThi! ,I t i i !c , Orde.r€d ih~ S~o.hba.I\<hrr · ~ n~

l.n ksuru.u in l u g Il .u u l ~~' I'l ~ t'L [!II: t rurle r and bacll1'.+h~RajCl Mv.d!a 'll'di

a l ar~~e fullo willg ur l:h id s ;llIti wa rr i u r~ p roceed down nlRlr 1l.1\~{,

III"III S, play ilL lish i Ii :'; ilud piC;1 1ici IIg and So es(;O(+ tile. 1-1-a& r Uj".ri ver. 'l'It,:y l" ~' ·lJ rl , ·d l.i .n l ip l o ~uCl IGi Sidor. 'Th~(\(;e "e.. a\~ ~

' ·llllr!, with ( , l r. · ri ll ,! ~ ~ Il r II : "U } st-ro~~fof~i9fi) 1D,.~en+S; Clnd bo;,t,ghtt"! '·l' llau l:i III rd llr ll , t lt,- :':> lIll l1 ll lY\aIiin..a h!m" fr& pl~el* of? ~o.

;-.JU II' 1.111: ;-; ,11 1:1/1 ':; I-nl l ~u rl ~ SiO~n Oloolfhs. gone wifl, c.h ild.,\ e:O'!·I'l lleJlllal I ~ a t h I ".~ pl a n :. wa:; :'/1 ill 1111< I ~~~9' kll)a of.an;\lU5~m~t

I lrnr ld" d, t1al ll:IlIg a ll,1 11I 1I SIC 01 ,I ! ""1.\·, K'1rlah atnd A c:.hll\e~styl~ ;f" lll·illg , cra"ke r,;, l l r'll" l: ~ " i o ll " 0 1 beffQgq~ bonis, sports bj th~llU ldl "stllllllillg i ll rc)\\':; witlt n-4tdifOds ~nq \), J uhd~bu~, "

(' hill l:sI: lIlusic "like th e lIui st: (,f frog,; i ll a marsh~ a. fuH ~r

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