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Kediri. The Chinese text gives this rivet as Pa-tsieh-kan ('),i. e. the small river Pa- 

 tsieh , and this name we find back in the village Patjekan of the present day, situated 

 on its right. bank, abont nine miles from the sea. It is p'robable that formeiiy this 

 villaa-e srave its name to the Surabaya brunch of the Bruntas. 



The two divisions of the Mongol-Chinese army rejoined at the month of this 

 river on the l st day of the 3 rd month (betweèn half April and half May), bnt in thé 

 meantime information had been obtained that the King of Tnmapel or Java, whom 

 to punish the expedition had come, had been killed by his neighbour Adji Katang 

 (or Katong) (' 2 ), king of the Kalang (or Kalong) people, who reigned at Daha in the 

 present Kediri. The territory of Tnmapel had been conquered by Adji Katang, only 

 the son-in-law of the late king, Raden Widjaya ( 3 ), was still in arms against the 

 invader and defended himself at Modjopait (''), which place he had founded as a basis 

 for his resistance. 



This Raden Widjaya offered his snbmission to the Mongol generals and sent some 

 trusty followers, who gave the necessary information abont the roads, rivers and re- 

 sources of the country. Adji Katang was master of the delta of Surabaya also , and 

 the Mongols found there an army , which tried to oppose them, and which were either 

 troops of Kalang, or other Javanese who had submitted to them. The Mongol generals 

 therefore gludly accepted the assistance of Paden Widjaya and soon fonght their first 

 battle at the mouth of the river Pa-tsieh , where the Kalang troops were easily routecl . 



These troops , which seem to have been under command , not of Adji Katang 

 himself, but of one of his ministers , retired into the interior and seem to have joined 

 the army of Adji Katang before Modjopait. Paden Widjaya at least sent word that he 

 was sorely pressed by his foe and asked for assistance. The Mongol army accordingly 

 marched in that direction and a strong body of troops was sent ahead , to keep up 

 the spirits of their ally. On the 8 Ul day of the 3 rd month a battle was fonght under 

 the walls of Modjopait, the Kalang army was defeated and thrown back into the 

 mountains south of that place. 



Not satisfied with this snccess^ the victors now marched on Daha , the capital 



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( 2 ) The Chinese text lias Adji (or Hadji) Katang (or Katong), whilst the Balinese account 

 gives Sri Jaya Katong. Of course this Adji does not raean here a Mahomedan, who lias made the 

 pilgiïmage to Mecca, but it was a title very common amongst the Hindoo's in Java. 



( 3 ) The Chinese text has Tuhan Widjaya. This Tuhan is generally considered tobeanArab 

 appellation, introduced together with the Islam and not used by the pagan princes in Java. Il* 

 this view is correct, its use here is an anachronism which may be explained however by the most 

 probable assumption, that the expedition was accompanied by Arabs from Canton, who served as in- 

 terpreters and bestowed this appellation on Raden Widjaya. It is also possible that Arab merchants 

 were already established on the coast of the island and that, they too, designed him by this name. 



(") Modjopait must therefore have been founded between the visit of the Mongol envoy 

 Meng Ch'i, say 1280 (but probably later), and the arrival of the expedition in 1293. 



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