PERPUSTAKAAN

NEGARAMALAYSIA
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MA LAY
( P u b l i s h e d with t h e: assista nce o f the: Ciovern men t o f
~ t he: r' cd c r-a tcd Malay .jtak s . )
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MI5fI
e d ite d
with intr o du ct io n an d n ot e s

BY
R . O . Wi ns t ed t.
PSE RP
. S. FU
. S
S.TAK A
S erv
& icA
e. N
M. C iv il

NEGARAMALAYSI A

S I N li Al'( )J(P' :
PHIN TED AT TilE 11 E 'J'l! lJ !JI ST p[ lll 1.1 SJlI ~; l; I l o u.,
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rJ'he~t e.\t or'-'-:tlc-lc-j ,,-: '-'ic-h-e--;:fi-r~ t pr in ted ed iti on-of t he J! i.srL .\!I'h llj!l I:;
fV H.'!..rI ~on 11 1..!:ee :'0 8.: ~ ~
- t; \.f n copy or t Ile ~[S . of t i lt: wholework in t he I l< ) ~:, , - " i u ! , of
- tli l! lat e Sll lfal ~l d ris o f Peruk, g ivt:1l bj' him t ,) \ 1r. J:, ,J.
~ W i l k i !l"on ;- -=- ~ .=.
( B) - a ro py o f t he 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 fru ll! J; ;
a cop y muu cd s im ply l ka ta n Naj a l.u- l. a ut, wri t t-.u I tr. u u
i nt ernal evide nl:e) fr om memory ill Peru k ill I h e t i m c lI[
S ir llllgh L v II' .
Thl! first or lh ejl:-; S , I descr il.e a:i ' A I or t h ' I',ra \;. ' j ! :-> , :
th e seclIlld as ' 13 ' Or t.lir: ' Blallj a jl S .' a n d t he i h irr: a ~ ' I '.' 1\
a nd <: I .uu p r(; :;! :n l i ll ,~ IlO th e Liliru rv o f 1111: Sf'll\Iul of l )ri l'lli a 1
;) tll d il>';, Lo ndon, ;\ is [hI' I ll:~t vr-rs io n, hil t I hal' ,: l'IIII' I" \ I'd 1\
:llIrl 1.'IIt!,'ia ll\, C to ,urr,,1 illal ',lIra ,i,.- . I ii I!I, , -I, I/I ' /, lli:' " \ 1', a,l-
i ll :.!;.- (i ll :''III:II'e hru c ket s ) hu vc 1..., ;11' ad "I ,I<:,! fi''' '' ' (' , t !1I' r"ad i",:';'-;
r rllill .\ lwi llg a d.l l,d ill fl "'l ' IIIJ ll- ~ , ;\ -r ill a!1 \:.t!,,\. :,1:-;-; . i li" r"
a r 1110 Illillly ...a ri, !lj uJl ..... I I\ :I .\\'\TI I o u r 1:; 1. .' t i . : :.l ! til !Ii:
i ll " i ( il t ~ d I II (lJot -IItJlt ~ :-i; i u u- ! qf 1 ' 1"111 11' / 11 , ' 111!! - I , ! ' l . . I -j l ! 11 all Y

po ill t III' vivw. (; hot:; lI" d :II<-, .\ :111 .1 I : I,' ii ;'>.,'; ' .. !, . I . !.... . i .

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wri t u-n i ll IS :lli A, I I. (I~:.:: ;\ , 11. ) alld 1I 1 11 ~1 I u- r,,',!,". ,! : " I' vi '"
'('111')' III' I !It.: ;,r ig illa l .\ 1:-> .

NEGARAMALAYSI A
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1: 111' t Ill: gr'>illl:r par t lIf t l u: \1'1I 1'1; n ru- t 1. (" :11 " " "'1'11" '.1
\\", ] ! I,dll l'l: t lu: ('1 1.1 "I' l l: .\ Vlll t h '!;I" III'.\', It 1', >, ''' 1' .1 :; " \ " 1, 1.. 'I ':
th ... r,:i,;'IIS II I' ~II J t;l j\ \ 1,d ""l ll1 la d ;-; " a !, :111I! lIf Iii... , I I , ', . . . .." ,. :-;11' 1.: 1,
;\ ll lIll.a'l:ill' ;:;liall : aw l it dt.: ~, ' ri IH;~ t lH' d ,'a lh vI' Iii" i"I :"" ii, I ~ ' :Jli
.\, 1\ wi t l: l hu Illillllt l' 1I 1' ~ ~ u f Ullt: w h 11'01" prcsc n r.. .\ 1'/...1 " I' I,, :
1"," 1; i~ d .>l' lIlt'd i ll all i n t i rua t c cUll k lll ptlr a r.l' ilCt:lI11ll t ..:' " .; I', ,.:;n
" I' ;-; 1I !la ll lsku n.l n r :-;liah 11'111) l'l,i!.: llJd rr lllll 1; ;,(; t il I; ; ., . '., ! I. It
r, I "il'~ t he lii:illlry o r Ih , " "xl ;-)1 ;ll a ll, \l a !llIllId ;) !I;lh, '.1' 11" ,' 1<;,1 III
1;: ;-; a lld it IJlell t.illlls Lr i!' II" l hat he I\,;\> " ' IC'I,,,!.:d :, \ ";111 1.' 11
.\ I" ' II " Id ill .\l a IlSllr :-; !" III. Wil l, i h:u it elld.-;.
I:l:< '"r<l ill;.': l lu: 11 " 1111::' ,J!' (tlJI!<:llI!'Ul"il I') J'. ,r a k , ! li i " r~ , lI lIrI iii'
('i .1' :11Is j 1I t li e' n:.LtJi!HI ~_u CI~Vf:l"-,\jlli .t ll!:J ) 1l 1r'Ii=Uu Lw I.UI.-S., , ;I 1 1~ " f
Hllri Kc.luh, .u u l t llr.ill\~i.llg.~u l l " l' i lJ ll ,; l y It d elt! III' :i!.: lJl oil I lll ', IIi,:
~TaTaj' :::;la~l.e \: v J I II.!J ," lIt Hry, t!Ie J.i.;u ~Jl.!::.!...I; 1L i :i (J Ill:
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of ~ more \"lllulILle of 1~ I his torica) \':.ur ks; a nd i t is su rp r isin g'

that It has no t ee n pri n u ! bd o re. Th e sluie r o r loug poc t.iral
r ecital of Marhum K uhar's tri p do wn t he I' crnk ri ver and round
the coas t to Ili llt.a llg has li ter ary lI.S wel l as histori r-al va lue. 'l'he
prose portion of the Look, th oll~ h 1I0t equul ill style to th llt ~f u !ay
m asterpiece t he S cjarllh M i!llI yll , is no t la cki ng i n m erit.
It is menti oned i ll th c horly o f th e work, ns Si r Wi lli.u n Mux-
" well haS~l iced (Jou rna l of Ih e 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 he
original 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 us u r Shah ( o r Xl urli uiu P ulau 1fj7f).
II e was g iven t he ti lie of Baja 1\edl it Bt:s i ~~..i!!-..!hU'ei g] LoL('-L1lliu '
Mudzaf~r Shah ( who d iet ru '1 75(i).. I l e accom pan ied S ul ta n
I okufjua;:Qnlrrs r oya l p rogress ro u 1l1Y t he L'ernk coas t, uud rece ived
t he roya l co uunun d to co n u uc m oru to t he j o ur n ey ill ver se : fo r " a t
th at time he wa s t he cleve rest III U U in P cruk a L prose arul verse."
It is sad 1.0 rela te all a u then tic tra di tion t hat t he un ha ppy poet was
stabbed to death by fill uggr icI'cl1 hu s ba nd , b riu gi 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 of
h is m urder ) t o lie a forbid d en we n pou in t lu: ~ lilt c o f J'era k. A f ter
d ea th he was k now n as Xlarl. II/II P ulau J [WI'. .

~ r Willi a m Maxwell ga ve 1I s hor t acco u n t o f t he co n ten ts of

t he M isa in th e paper alread y ment ioned. In th a t a r ticle h e took
t he word M~W1 to be II d ial ec t ical form o r Jl isal ' E xa m plur.' III
"J ournal X IV, D ec, 188 -1 , p. ;31 0, h e co r re cted th ut in terp re tatio n,
per ha ps erroneo us ly, expla in in g :- " T here j';-!1- .lfiYllIlCSe "roma nc e
which has been t ran sla ted i n to Mal ay und is verypopula r in P erak. -
I__.____It 'i s ca lled M isa P ero Jaya o r s imlJJ,Y-.Ji ~~a .fa I"a. nll ja Chu lun's

PERPUSTAKAAN
I " wo rk has been compa re d 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 am e is a school-hoy er ro r. Mvsa in .Iavanese means, of cou rse ,

NEGARAMALAYSIA
4' Buffalo" an d is used as a title : Malays have n o s uch an imal
h ouorifles-c-e xcep t indeed 'To Gnjah .
I h ad inten ded to p reface th is work - w i tJL a~h o rLh i 5 tor'y~ o f-_- -
P erak, b ut qui to a pa r t f rom con sidera tion s of- s pllce,j.lllltJli8tory is -
6 0 fully han d led by Mr. It J . Wilki nso n ill... t he fortl l~comi nl! n ew -
e di t ion of his " M alay IIis tory " th at an y other-account-would be
s uperfluo us . So I give me rely fin outline of the conteuts of tho- -
M isa in Engl ish.

18 NOV 1976
 f"'1 isa Melayu

This liistorv was ivr i ltc u a f te r the ]'c igil uf Su l t an Iskand ar

Sllah ( .l[urlilil/l.f{a llllr ) of Pc ruk.
The first Til ler of I'l'rak was MI/rh 11//1 J ulil u ' 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' nu phe w J: a j a l: allill (a ~" Il (,(
a Y a ll .~ di -pert uan \I uda who h ad tlil ~d at J'u la u '.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 i JI'
-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 Iiaj 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 Llll
Alu' u' d-rl iu I?inyat Shnll, th is l.rol h.-r Hajil Lnu \\';\ S Ill;l.]\, n d"r ,.t
Perak with th e t itle :-:l'llla ll ?I !lId za!'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 ! ' ~ "t
l' 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 t h t lio t ill;' " I' S lil tall ~ l llh ali l lu a d S llali. '1'1 ", ." " , lit'
,S u llall 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 t he Sj'!I,r," lit ill -
;;~11 u (' l ll 'e o f the llt.wo Sulta ns. . W!lile h ~ rt;i;!Jled at K ua la !\ ' 11lt!'-;;1l',
Sulta n Mudzufnr S hah 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 llbili ll'll" :'I!"gat I' illia l fo r ()rlll l~ Ku y
B esar, :Jlega t Mutubar fur :.l'cmCll ggoll g, T'akih YU';(l!J fllr ;;Lllitri .

PERPUSTAKAAN
A ft er some t im e, l,\, l ite endea vours of the Ha ia j [ nll a L ka lltla r,
hi " fa ther invited 8 u1I;ln Mudzaf'ur S hah Luck t:) Tlr,l]ll1l a ll I hd ra

Na;Ewher
GA RfaA
th erMA
abo li LvedA asY YS I A
.i:s>~a s sole Su ltan . But t he coun t rv was reallv r uled hy I;aj a Iskan dar
... a t I' ula u 'rig e his ft ll;!-di -pe r l.u IlH
Mu da. On his retu rn to Brah man Jnrl ra, Su lta n Mu dzaf :LI' SI/l,h
~~ (;hOSlU l (: w- mfl) is tcT,?, l~egat P Cll di:1 a;: Be i}dttlla ra th.; ,~' .i th s,ty l l~ ~r ~
= "MahllIll .1 a,'l'diall-ra jMaru
_M a ha ra j a a,
sin as Ora ng Ka va Besar wit h th e sty le B ri
wi
Tall B a utnn a s T cm i'flg g on g the style th
~_ r l 'e ll1 e!.!ggu ll gPadu ka .Jla j a, Shnr if .Llusai n as Ma n tr] wi th th e s tyle
Sri PaJ uka 'I' uan:
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r-. . ~ - A l\ffll t -tlI i" t im e .S ulta n Berk ahat 11 M enaJlgk a hau raja attad:etl
\;,_~ B uk it Ua n t a ll~ , I Ie ha ,l-forme rly been a Jnl'l) ur i!l: '(,E S u ltiln
Mu dza fal' Shah at Ku ala K a ngs a r an d n ow he ca rn e hud ; wi t h t wo
Bu g-is raj as Daellg" ?If,:lt kali an rl Dacli!! 1fen chela k and a n umber
of wunio rs a nd Ioll owe rs, cla imi ng to ha ve lecn a,lop tul hy tho'
Sultun as his son. Ha ja Kei-hil '\[llda. a nd th e l k wl ld lllra set out
froll1 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 tho

o ad venture rs, an d bea t t hem Lack to K uala I' eng kula n .

I n t he reig n of [ S ulta n Mudzafar S hah,1 t he Dutch havi ng
crossed from Ba ta via to }[aI acea cu me li'j)tO I'c ruk and obta ined I

the m onopoly of Luyiu g all ti n thu t wus b rough t d own th e I'erak

r iver at th e fixed p rice of $:lO/ - il Lahara, with .\ t ri bu te of $~ /- a
"
lr aluira in ad ditio n to be paid to t he S ultan . T hey bu ilt a for-tined
ala lio n a t P cng ka lan 1I ulbun on 'I'anj ong I'll t us, E very th rce
y ears a fresh" Cap tai n" was sent from Bata via. A g reat uunrhe r
of dollars came into circulat iou in Perak.
G> Now S ulta n }! tHlza f,lf S hah had ha d 11 Iuvo u rit e a t Ku ala
K a ngsar of Kedah ext rac tion, a relat ive of his own, -l Llja Al um son
of ltuja Pu teh , who hall been st yl.l Raj a Ke ch i] nL'~ a r an .l h ad
ma r ried the daug-Id er of J:a jll 1lalla t he Iluja K ,~ " hi ] Muda, At
th e t ime of th e revunci liutiun uf th,: two Sultans, th e l1 aj a j[ Udli
I s ka n d ar h a. ] pre vvn t cd t his ru u n trum iull o \\'iJl,~ Su l t an j l udza far 'P-
S hah [0 B ra hm a n l nd ra . SO, a i t lie t im e of Su li.in !k rkaha t ';:; ill-
vusi..n Baj a Al.un had kept q uiet at 1\uula !' <l llg-"a r Hlld nul !l\'l ' '' 'd J!-
t ill' l :aj a .\I uLla to " xpel till' l~ II <:l IlY . 11 i:i di ~at r l' d i ull ,:,)lllillg t'-l the
e-ars of Su ltan Mu .lzufu r S hah , ti le lluj a .\l uLl a recei ved i ns t ruc-
ti ons to brill g h iru down-r iver un d lie was kep t a t 1' 111 :111 'r ig il un.ler
chuge -of th e Y a !l ;! - d i- p l~ rtu a n jl uda lind t he l: aj a ~ lll da, F r U l1I
t here, he cOlls pir,'d wit h tlt e .\ t a lay t-usto ms-utlire r at ' l'anj ullg
P u t us au.l took tu hirus-If II crowd uf BU,~ i~ lI 11 d o t he r d isrep utuule
followers. The S ultun wvut u p I" P ul.ru 'l' ig:l a u.l t ill: l.aj u ~l u d a
iJl\','st "d the t ruit r, who however C: ~ ' ''l p C:ll \ I'y way ,,1' lluk i L Lada
an d ~ ll 11 g ai ! leda p d" lr ll tll TlI llj illlg Put us, wl u-r. : lu- t ried If, st ir
III' a r e vol u t ion a~a i ll ~ L t lie :iway u( the Uaja .\l uda , Bll t till:

PERPUSTAKAAN
S ulta ll .\I u,lza ta r :'1ha h St'lll - a S"<:I'd desl':Iic iJ loJ I! I'~ !l llt<- h Cap-
tuin , whe reupon tb, lut.t.-r decll.\','d Ua ja .-\ la'lIl i n t Ili:i t'l lrt ,111.1 ~ <:l l t
h irn a p rison e r to .'It a Ltl'l:a, T he jl ulay ,; u~t" I II:i - (Jll j " I ' r wa:i al so

NEGARAMALAYSI
a r rvste .l a nd halIi ", b" d III jl a l;Il:,'a .
.-\ t
A
lust , the Ya ll;!-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 t er death . vl- Xlurh u r . 1'" /11 11 (/ i ; u: was
hu r i i-c] a t l' ula u 'figa , Sulta n j ! ud za far S hah a t t cu. l.! t he oh-
seq ui es a nd to r ~ e \' l' ll da)'ti 11 0 noDI/I was so u inl er] .
Haj a .\1udu { 1:i k lj.llilUlJr ~ lll ai lle d a:i power fu l a nd ,t:i :I,('!or etl 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 j a S al,d 'L l ias ul on ly t h n-e ye a r:i old , Sul tall .\ 1u-
dz uIur Shuh no w !, rt'-~' :Ilted h im II i t h hi" OW JI d'Lu g h l,'r I:ajll lI ud llk
H a ~ u l ill lIla rrillg", J I is YOUllg es t hrot her Iillj a E,:chi l Mudn, wilh
Haja Chi lla ll a lld l: aja .-\ Ja ' u' d -d ill a rm ng l'd th e pr elim illari eH.

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T Ill: I:aj a _\[ ud ll all d h i,,; pa rty :iet out 0011'11 r ive} wiLl I l >( ~tro thu l
w,it,,," 'he ,,'" he 1,' [he ]uu[.w,y 1)1" ;" of U" 0 ....,,"
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K an t Hesa r t ill t he S ultan sen t elephants to esco rt the m .

-" " A f ter th e be tro th al, th e ca r - p ic rciujr o f the future b r i. l rook p lur e
a mi d g rea t fest.ivit ies , wit h musi c, games a nd t ribu te ofle ri ngs. On
t he eig llte e nt h n ig ht, th e O ra ng K ayn B esar l.rc ught in t he henn a
placed on th e head of " Ii m on key calle d Hanum un."
Du ri.llg the fcs t.i vi t. ies, J: a j,L Ch u!an th e- au t ho r of t hi s Look
r eceived tlw--title-of--J:a j ,i Ke chi l Hcsar ; Hu-j a A la 'u 'd- d in o l I:aja
K eelril 'l'en g ul l, R aj a I llll uf R aj a di -Ll il ir .__
- K ow one-da)'t he ~~e}illil"IjjlgJ p fega t Pen d iu ) wen t to Kuru ua r
t.o ca tch a la rg e ele phunt, g ot and p rese nte d i t to th e Su llu n . Jlu t
Oil his retu rn he Ie ll s ick -lillllditd. - H ILWilS bur ied ut Ul, ta a nd
ll llll~~a ])ala"-h i/an !i di-pJuang. H e wis s llec.:u1u1" i ll (J!h :e I I)'
- Sha rif Ab ubakar .
@ A ft er II be t ro th al of t h ree year", Sultan ?llud!." far :-; :0.11 dd<:f-
.ru in e. l tu ma r ry llis 'd a u;!h ter to t1\1 ~ Ha j a :'! ud a. T Ill' J:aj H :' l l:.Ia
went (1I1 a pleasure trip u p t he r iver Ki nta . T he ;-)1111.111 pr..u ..I"d
u p r ivc r to Ku uln I \ a ll ~ ~ ii r. Bo t h th e prin el';; 1I', 1'e ,l\\ " y (.. r t il'..
111(>lIt h::;, <:o lled illg t rrl.u t c. T he Ilaja ~ l lI d a lJl'ulI:Ih t l)i\C!. A1!,Uch fin
{r u m K iu t n. - 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 " ;e re g led" tl Ily -rh~ l a.ksq -
iu u un uud ;-)!t ah halt da r "the ke ys of U!e couu t ry ' ~'\ n d ~ i'1\.Z
J lll lc h Cap tain , all of Wlt" ::l ga l'e th.-m p resen ts.
' l' llU l th e Ill ar ria:..:e -k>ok IlIaCI:. l!,p alld dowu ri~ Clef -+~.<L
c J,,:;I,.;an[;; 11l" lI .~ ll t ]'ll!l a lot<S, I h l< ' k ~, f(lld, l in alit! dollars 'to ttl>!.
;~ ( 1' :-; : i1 1 " 1 1 a L l t ra l uuuu I u.l r., ;,n tl t he 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 P f~t~ lof bortts scl-l:)u.t
10 l lu- sUlI ltd o f ru usi a l1> 1 <1U(;~ Io r B r attlYlCl l oom. Tl~0 finet)
;1,"1'1: h u rt Ily it n a!'!;.r all ' ! $J~i ha"k ~ut no oo't notiQ({ thl2. nUsh~.
PERPUSTAKAAN
J I., l oI" " 'I ' S ~ I (l 1l wa s g r" l'1, , ~ wi l l; mUSlC; a M <t pal<:\Le- vx.U; ~ta.paii
f u r lh" I:a ja \ 1.ulu. .\ ftd fUrl)' da~s, C<l.Me. tn.e.. \ h<tnnc:t night-:
T ilt I,r id,: lI'a :; t. ikcu :i1:1',! ! .l inll::; {'OlUnd ~lO!. pa la~ In proCO:US~~1\
NEGARAMALAYSIA
wi t h I ll li ~ h; alld I I ,, ~ ~ a nd str~atntlS , O.f'.I fili nl2rt d. ~, ~ Rq.A
"\l lId a a ,",,, lI'a:i t u kr-n I II p, r.Q~IOl1l.S~~Ttl)~ It?und ~l~r'1 IP.UQ.e:u'\d
tlt "11 was "Jr~ttil ~rth .100 ta!lii', of. ~'Jv< IJ, .~ tM,kt. Glrd ten
l ' ~ llIa le ~~ i\.l\J.. WOO I> I ~ of -tIft 01"),< ~ ~ tO lAf 1- ~u,
J.:tn~, P,\Jum -Sri. lR.~q MUdu: lall ~d (11) +bQ !""Ol'\+ti, S h~ r'if' w.ooS!-
al lil, to Ii~ad. ~ mar" I<i@'; Sd'\;l ~. nhe.. l1) Clmq~ UX\S fol lowe d . ~
tha.t o f P\4j~!b{'ahl m AM Raja M(($ I r~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 )[ ' t h.: 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-."'f
th ., (l r;1I 1-' I\ a)' ll l.i c ~a r a\' , l i ~ " d; lit: 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:Ild $i,lltllJ) UIj(ij,~Cd
AI- .ll ur/1I1111 lr:;Ja A llah. Ili ~ widuw the. R~<l P~rnF"j DSOl,!!.
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sty led Yang-di-pertuan Tua. T he Iiuj a Kechi l ~1 uda became Ra j a

~r u tla . Ta n H arnat , so n of a f or m er S r i Nu ra ' dira j a an d sty led
~ah a ra j a D inda in t he la te re ig n was p ro m oted S ri N a ra 'di raj a
and made ch ief of t he co u rt a t t eudau ts .
*' TI~ e B en d llharu bro ugh t t he h ell u-.ure~8 of th e, H.eW Su Jtu,n i,n
procL':;SlO ll on un ele p ha n t. It was recervcu by.the Srt N llr a 'dlrllJa
and t he Su ltan d on ned ,i t. Then o nly t h e Hcnduha ra a n d the eh icf d--=-
d onn ed t heir own heud -h e r ch ic fs a n d d id h omag e, A ll wh~~~
n eg lected to a t ten d t he obseq u ies of t h e lat e S ultan were pu n ished,-==--,
d ismissed from oil ice, hou nd hand a n d fou t a nd put in 't he sun ; bu t
m an y were subseq uen tly forgiv en . ~l 11nj' new h onou rs wer e bes-
to wed .
if One duy t he S ult a n 's d a ug hter R aja S ulxlu Ii asul fell ill. And
th e S ultan was su nuno uc d lI W lI Y fr om B rah m an I ndra d own [Q
.P ula u 'r iga by ti lt; Sri Aurar \Vllllgsa T an Ll umud. So rcerers with
s ilver fing er- ti ps, Su ka is, d ivin ers were called in : th e pati entc re-
covered.
/lll Nakhoda P as um ah, who h a d been made L aksa m ana by t h e
t...::I lut e S ultan, was no w fo r t h e firs t t iure d u ly in st a lled , h ad th e chi ri
r ea d over h im, wus sprink led wi th sce n te d wa ter, uud then aent.r :
a W II.Y on a n .elephu n t dO W Il to his l.out. A ?l l ell<l llg kalJa u III lI n , rl 'a n ,~
A bdu lkaha r, was installed P ukeh Ha j a I ndra L'nhlu wan . 'I' hcn r--
S ill ta n I s kan d ur ret ur ned to Bra h m a ll l n d ra an d the lu uu l rerl days
o f 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 d e l . ~n ni ll c d to r e mo ve h is ca pita l to
Clu-m p u ka S u ri, 11('l'au~c he di~ li hl'd hl:a r in i t h Ito/lu{--Jleilr "t he
gra l"e ' of th e dl'ad Su l m n . "\I HjUI t h is t i m, )?"l' a nliJ in te rp re te r
f rUIU ~lal a l"l ~ a ill th e t:u lI.l o}" u f tllt" I )uk h I '1I1 IlP; Q ly~L~.~;:0p ll 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 v
PERPUSTAKAAN
take h is own course, hut 11011' wlu -u lit: ,'a llll: u p rl\ r- r wi rh a lct t er
wit hout a pro pe r wrapping and wi t huu t Ila l' ill;; in f' Jn ll,,;1 t h.: LtI:~a -

NEGARAMALAYSIA
m n nu a nd S hah ha n d u r, t he S u l tii n rdll:i"d-h ill\ a lld i"ll,'e, 11 01I'1'1'1:r
hi" vers ion o f t he n tl'ai r caused t he I n u ch C a p tu iu [0 se llli to Ib ta l'i ll
f ur ass is tance ; an d sev e n sloop s earu c uu du r a co uun issu ry . T h e
co nu n issa rv se n t up to .l .a ksa uia u u all!l Sh.rhha ntl ur to ask fo r ,lII
u u.l ien ce fur himself. l I uving' Ila..;t ily t h rown II I' II fo rt uud
l'ol lcl"led a .l llrg e Io rce uf m en arm .] wi t h };':ri:; , ma tch-lur ks, h lun -
d ur busses, pistols a mi so 0 11, the :-) 1I 1tlln r""eil'. :tI 11 1t~ Co nuu issu ry
wit h grcut state. T he D ut c h " d(llf, d th eir luu s a lld IJulI"etl," p ro-
du c ed polite lett ers f ro m Batuv iu, gave prese llis illld I,ou g ht :1 00
bah ara of til l. ~\ w ri Hell t r cuty was m ad e st rellg! hell i lIg t hc ir
tr a d e r el a ti oush i p.
S~ Baja 1\1 ucla. und chiefs set to wor k to build the new palace at
~ C1H:111puka Sari. 'riley mad e 11 for t fou r-sq unrc, t wo huudred urul
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forty feet long each way ~I"ith towers (mih/l cati) aud cun u on. In -
side, they erec ted t hr ee palaces. A ra ft was prcpar"l] fOI" ., he
ISulta n ; with (; u n'in~ roof;=with wind ows ca rved und pain ted ill
rerl with pict ures of fish IJinJ!LuIHl drag'olls, of cloud s alltl slad'" <tll d
110w<.;r5, all picked out with guld. A Hu g io. n.t a i nur was chid
c-rn Itsm n u. 'f he ra ft W aS~I\lIl .~ with /lag s alld .1 1:11011' curta i ns.
___ ' I' h.~ S ult au UI Hl hi,; l'o nsor.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. .n n.! riill g iug.
-. -T he n e x t~l ay t h pj' reached P uluu .Il'iua where -a h : d t ...9 LI :\~t:l l (L Y8
=---=-.. .was lIl11dlnmd- ct:reIi.iQH!i11=-vo \1J:! wl;U:c:::rulfilleu, _v ows lliadl: 1..; f 0h.; [ ,, 1'- -
. ---...:...:the r;j"t~O\'ery ofTlaj f SaIJilH.. . Hasul ;-- -At las t tlll'Y 1!;II U' : t'J (; !Il:llll'a ka
___ ~ ar i which th e _~ u h a ll- !1.o w- s tj'l e tl~h e =l s l u I lLl J ud ru ;';;Ikli. - ....__
=d)--=--= OTIc d.ay;-m~_S~1t~llI:<:lesiY;~~()~g() t u/'i;=-ii"lli ng. -=-' 1'lr,:- t wil ~h id
TIC/ wall Yof t he I I~!II Ug stakes :-:l an g Paya lodrCl 'to<l s''I.nq . P-Q~
_ ' d iruj a wer e 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~ p s -u ! l d ::jW1I.IS a Ill! '!cooJ$; W(!ft<:.. .gj0i
.... f l'lH1Yi som c 1Il OIlIl lt:J wah goIJ, SO ltk wit.l: t9 11~ of" ~o l d , Botf.'le
with s ilver , some with luass o r i ron a c(;ortl illg t o i lu-i r ()wftecs' l'<lot;;
Arriv ed a t. th e li., hillg gro lllld an d tl:e poisonou, fi.l1Xl pO~ fficS if1l,
lit e,\' nll Itegull to sp ea r all~ ,w" t'I~ IP Iish , the wumeu $nln ekl~ 4nd
- fi qllea liltg wi.th d.:l ig ll t, .fall ing jnl (, tlte wut or +~riing_ Hl <d r skirts ,
a lld st rllgg llllg lI I It~ w it }; u nuth cr. "\lI ot her ~ iflW \\IUlt ~
;)lIl1ga i 'I'i nurli, hat hing lit Ku ulu Ki n tu.
T he l.ari ra YIl Jfaj i drew n igh an d no iTl osqu~ h~d b-a2n bl\UH-
a t l ndru Sakti . It was built wi t h haste. and ~l~ kip ope.oM ii-
with 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, lite la lld of -thQ I<ttng~fo feteh c l!'Ou(\'ib
lolly ,I" phallts. I I. rcl.u rtu-d wi t h a +rat<!kr who Qnc:.hort<rl .t Pl.tlau
PERPUSTAKAAN
~, l lil l i"'l ! 111 11 1 SI 'I II 1'1 ' a Ill' '' ',,II;.:.er wi t h 'T'<\ mbii K~h il +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.rd ih~ S~o.hba.I\<hrr ~ n~

NEGARAMALAYSIA
l.n ksu ru.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
nlRlr
a l ar~~e fullo willg ur l:h id s ;llIti w a r r i u r ~ p ro ceed down 1l.1\~{,
III"III S, play ilL lish i Ii :'; ilud piC;1 1ici IIg an d 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. 'T h~(\(;e "e.. a\~ ~
'llllr!, wi t h (, l r. ri ll ,! ~ ~ Il r II : "U } st-ro~~fof~i9fi) 1D,.~en+S ; Clnd bo;,t,ght
t"! 'l'llau l:i III rd llr ll , tlt,- :':> lIlll1 ll lY\aIiin..a h!m" fr& pl~el* of? ~o.
;-.JU II' 1 .111: ;-; ,11 1:1/1 ':; I-nl l ~u rl ~ SiO~n Olo olfhs. gone wifl, c.h ild.
,\ e:O'!I'l lleJlllal I ~ a t h I ".~ pl a n :. wa:; :'/1 ill 1111< I ~~~9' kll)a of. an;\lU5~m~t
Ilrnr ld" d, t1al ll:IlIg a ll,1 11I 1I SIC 01 ,I ! ""1.\, K'1rlah atnd A c:.hll\e~ sty l~ ;
f" lllillg , cr a"ke r,;, l l r'll"l:~ " i o ll " 0 1 beffQgq~ bonis, sports bj th~
llU ldl "stllllllillg i ll rc)\\':; witlt n-4tdifOds ~n q \), J uhd~bu~, "
(' hill l:sI: lIlusic "like th e lIui st: (,f frog,; i ll a m arsh ~ a. fuH ~r
ru ill," ClIillL:st; IJO xcrs lIlI,l sll ~,kt: - c I I;lJ'lll CrS, K. U~s ~ ~
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Misa M elay u
a ta u-- ----
~--- Hikayar Qajiv k a-raut.

H isui ! 'llu l. ! 1'-ralmlClILi--;;::ralti llli. .

Wa -lJihi nustu'inu !,i'llahi ' ida ' l-k esah . :, la ka i lli-la!1 !Iil-aya t
yall g- k,'lnu,l iilll dari -pndn z.uu uu n's-S u lta ll Iskurul.u' Sh,d, !\ !"tl i-
fatll'r-I:ah mall johun IJPn la u la t dzillu 'I luhi Ji'l -alal lli . .v. l., !'tl lI
~ asu l-nyu raja i t u di- L' II 'T ~!b\ll a lell " rall g 'y a!l~ "Ill !,lIl1 ya ' !I;r i ia
'............{~11 1 11 1;~L.lb ri-pa d ll h ij /l h .l:a j ll L kall da r I 11. 1I 1 - l\: a l"ll " i l~ \"i llg
l!lPuj lllall i d nri- patla n uu a-hari mus ok kll-llHl la-llar i u .i i l. da ti
Ililsa b-IIYll t!'lri -p ad a l: a j a Nu shi rwun Ad il cliuchu d li" h il .I.ui -
l.ada cl1; ~ yang t uru n ku-dulu m but j atuh ka - ll ;'~"'r i I:a ja
Fa l ih il' l-a rd zi . . ?l la ka u na k jlu l"ra-llya l uj .rl l i di -Luk i t ;--; i-\ ; !llli .:I,g'
.\ l a ha Lir ll. ' .\Iaka lulu . t U I'llI I ~t' " l l ru l l - la h g a llt i' !I" r':;lllli i 1-: 11;,!i
I a t ul
l . r d i:'II ~ all b'I,i'r al'a
h t" j u la s da r i-pa.ta /;1111.," 111 1,
u. l u h . l u h ul u

lllak ll "a llll'.. i-Iuh ,;'kllra llg .

:\ da pllll padll z.u u.ru ra ja -r a j a ini d i-d ul.uu II I';.'," r l I', r.l!\:

PERPUSTAKAAN
, 1:\IIl' r ri d l.lI'a ll 1'"rlllll1a ,\ k \ la rhn lil ,Jal il ll'l !a h. .\ lab, .\ 1 \ !;l rll!J) 11
i t u I,I'rptll<-r ,d;all ( lli rh ulll B ;~, ;i)d ;l I C \I " riJ l;Z;Y I l l a ll ~" . " L ,!;! ' ," .I' I
'l'i':':'l dall ;-;h,,1 1 :\ Ia m :' l lldll t.! llll ::i !ta h .\Ia lll i) t d l : ' ~ i l 11i .. ,,~I .. li , i J - ---
S= "\'''Il~J NEGARAMALAYSIA
l luiu- Iui n Llilltlu .: :\! -.\ Ia rltll!ll Il l a l: '~. k. ,)L tll l ~ i,l.l r;[ ~; t "r. ' I' .i' ,
I:a ja .\llltl za!'a!' :-; llalt .';;I -orall g la in pu l.. 1,0 11.l a II.\'" . .\ Ia'!.ol .11!,i1 1
II l a l l ~ kaL Al-Xl a r h um .l u li lul lah , llla ka p lll"ra !, a~;i L!!! oI _\L. .dl 'l l lI

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H'-',;ar !- '-'raj a'lll ; ~ a ll a d i ll" ~ h" g i lld a } a !,g 11l 1:'!.1 ( \la n. ~ ' : .i l "1-
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i t u-l .ih y a !l ~: I ,~r p ll t ;'r,d ; a ll l::tj 'l 1:" .111 1 1 1111 1:.lj a I. ;,d" l, .l .. I 1:;1 j:l
11l !1 1 11 11 1:,Ij a .\ I)J l ':l~ tla ll I.:a j a' l' lIl<: lt tla u_ UJ.i.i " I I,,}, , ,Ia fl
J:aJ'a I, ilol lll" dall I': lljll ::;il i da n I:a jil l l u ru i d .la n I:a ja
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I. M ,IIIlLIIIc:rll -::'B. vido 8 :j l r " h ~ r ,' I 'Y II ._
2 A ~: t~H , t.iI U t' ,
a . Hoi B : i.e. t il t} r &J llr t l ~ (: l1 l lJ S lJ l l a u of l 'cral< i n dil l l i;:, l ( J f I \ \ ' I.!I l t y ( ~ i! i h t .
:\ (t'll '}"'! I S ' lf l ' ~ "HJ l .ut " t"\ u " i ll tit l) lI u );,t l l(1I: -=-. ' B \J UJ ~!i ll t . ;111, 1 n ly t ho
YOlllJ g Cbt :lo ti wou ld ha '. l: t h e n .uu u, h ut L' ...o (I f Lh t: :.lJ l ;'~ I .