RAM AC IAW et: 
The invasion of an Huropean settlement by a Malay force and 
an attack upon a fortified town, in which there were some, if only 
a few, disciplined troops, seem to us, fortunately, at this period, to 
be events which are beyond the bounds of possibility. It is note- 
worthy, however, that the invaders found supporters among the 
Malacca Malays. The villagers of Duyong (see verse eighteen of 
the ballad and the entry under February 15th in the Dutch 
record) joined Raja Haji, and a first success on the part of a 
Muhammadan enemy might at any time influence the loyalty ofa 
Malay peasantry. 
The arrest of De Wind mentioned by Begbie is not alluded to 
in the Dutch official diary, and whereas from Begbie’s account one 
would gather that Captain Abo’s ship was blown up before the 
relief of the town by the arrival of Admiral van Braam’s fleet, 
it is clear from the diary that the loss of the Dolphijn did not 
occur until Raja Haji had been defeated, killed and buried, and 
not until nearly a month after the arrival of the fleet from Riouw. 
A propos of the arrival of Raja Mohamed Ali, of Siak, the Malay 
author says Malayu pander mem-buat tipu, “'The Malay is skilled 
in fraud,” and it is clear that the Dutch felt very uncertain of the 
value of his professions of friendship and supposed that he would, 
if admitted within the fort, intrigue with the enemy outside. 
He was therefore lodged in the Tranquéra suburb, with “the 
widow Verbrugge’”—the widow, perhaps, of Mr. Ary Verbrugge, 
whose name appears as an envoy to Perak in the native chronicles 
of that State (see Journal Str. Br. R.A.S., Notes and Queries, 
p- 31). Begbie says, “Tuankoo Mahomed All came over from 
Siak during these commotions ostensibly to assist the Dutch, by 
whom he was kindly received and allotted a residence in Tran- 
queirah, it not being deemed prudent to admit him within the 
walls of the fort.” 
Raja Mohamed Als retention of the position given to him by 
the Dutch (see entry in the official record under 21st August), 
as King of Selangor was a very brief one. Raja Ibrahim re-took 
his fort and kingdom in 1785 and the Siak adventurer returned to 
Sumatra and is not recognised by the Malays as ever having really 
been Raja of Selangor. 
The Malay ballad concludes with a reference to the arrival of 
the widow of Raja Haji from Riouw to beg for the corpse of her 
husband. This was apparently refused anda guard placed over 
