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adorned with precious stones, embroiclered garments, a heimet, a bow and 

 arrows, and a tliousand mou of good land near a large town. 



In the beginning of the year 1293 they reached Java; Ike Mese took 

 command of the fleet and Kau Hsing led the infantry, at the sniall river 

 Pa-tsieh they rejoined again. As the son-in-law of the late king of Java, 

 Tuhan Pidjaya , had offered his submission , they marched to attack the 

 country Kalang and subdued its king Hadji Katang. For further particulars 

 see the article on Shih-pi. 



They also awed into submission different smaller states and as Hadji Ka- 

 tang's son, Sih-lah-pat-ti' Sih-lah-tan-puh-hah (*) ,' had fled to the mountains, 

 Kau Hsing went into the interior with a thousand men and brought him 

 back a prisoner. 



When he returned at the fortified town Taha (Daha), Shih-pi and Ike 

 Mese had already allowed Tuhan Pidjaya to go back to his country , with an 

 escort from the imperial army , in order to make preparations for sending 

 tribute. Kau Hsing disapproved of this very much and indeed Tuhan Pi- 

 djaya killed the men sent with him and revolted again ; he collected a large 

 quantity of soldiers to attack the imperial army, but Kau Hsing and the others 

 fought bravely with him and threw him back. After this they killed Hadji 

 Katang and his son and returned to China. 



By an imperial decree Shih-pi ancl Ike Mese, who had allowed the 

 prince of Java to go away, were punished, but as Kau Hsing had taken 

 no part in this decision and moreover greatly distinguished himself, the 

 emperor rewarded him with 50 taels of gold. 



Account of Ike Mese. ïïistory of the Yuan dynasty. Book 131. 



Ike Mese ( 2 ) was a man from the land of the Uigurs. 

 In the year 1265 he entered the office of the night guard. 

 In the year 1272 he was sent by the Emperor across the sea as ;in 

 envoy to the kingclom Pa-lo-p'ei ( 3 ) ; he came back in 1274, biïngïng with him 



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