214, RAJA HASJI. 
how to bring about the destruction of Riau. Now the Yang-di-per- 
Tuan of Trengganu had a Chinese girl whom he had just caused to 
become a Muhammadan, eiving her the name of SiJamilah. Captain 
Klasi asked for her and Raja Kechil, Ttin Dalam, gave her to him, 
asking him in return to do something to bring abouta fight at Kwala 
Riau, so as to set the people of Riau against the Dutch Company. 
Captain Klasi cohabited with Jamilah who became enceinte, and 
when he left for Riau to provoke the promised disturbancefwith 
the French* at Kwala Riau he left Jamilah under the charge of his 
brother, Captain Gadis, and directed him to convey her to China. 
While Captain Klasi was away at Riau Captain Gadis sailed for 
China, but by the decree of God most high, when he was off Tanjong 
Lalabi on the coast of Trengganu a tremendous gale came on and his 
ship was wrecked and all the Hollanders on board were drowned, 
not one being saved, and Si Jamilah perished with the rest. Besides 
this ship,about one hundred and ten prahus were lost in this storm, 
including a number of prahus from Sambas of various sizes and 
the boat (sulub, Dutch sloep) of the Yang-di-per-Tuan, Raja Kechil, 
Tan Dalam, himself. This, it is said, is the story of the secret 
cause of the troubles.” 
“To return to our history, when the Governor of Malacca refused 
to entertain the claims of Raja Haji the latter sent back his con- 
vention with the Dutch Company, saying that one side observed it 
and the other side did not, and having done this he returned to 
Riau. The Governor of Malacca was angry at the return of the 
documents and he took counsel with the Admiral (Raja Laut), 
named Pieter Jacob van Braam. Another version, however, o1ves 
the name of the Dutch Naval Commander as Tuan Abo. During 
the consultations, calumnies and injurious reports of all kinds 
were carried to the Governor of Malacca and to the Admiral to. 
the effect that the Yang-di-per-Tuan Muda of Riau, Raja Haji, 
was about to attack Malacca and had fitted out an expedition for this 
purpose. Then said the Governor of Malacca to Admiral van 
Braam, ‘ Raja Haji is going to attack Malacca—let us go and attack 
him first.’ So a Dutch expedition set forth with ever so many ships 
* It was a French ship that took the English merchantman, according to 
Begbie. The story of the connivance of the master of the latter is, of 
course, absurd. The surname Geddes would correspond with what is written 
in Malay Gadis. The Malay author would not understand that Geddes 
could not be the brother of Glass. If the ship that went down off Trenggdnu 
was an English vessel, as seems probable, the author makes a mistake in 
describing her crew as “ Hollanders.” 
