68 valentyn's desceiption or Malacca. 



the ninth King of the Malays, the fifth of Malakka, and the third 

 Mohammedan King). This King governed his people with great 

 sagacity and very carefully. 



He shewed his sagacity in leaving to his people a hook fall of 



suhlime rules and maxims, called "The Statutes of Malakka," and he 



has given also many proofs of his valour during his reign of 40 years. 



A very mighty Prince, called Boobatnja governed in 1340 the 



Kingdom of Siam (then called Sjaharnmn or Soman). 



This King who had overpowered the countries all round his 

 empire, having also received reports of the celebrated commer- 

 cial town of Malakka, was jealous of its rise, challenged it to 

 surrender, and when King Modafae would not submit to him, he 

 ordered his General Awi Isjakae to attack it. 



A fierce battle ensued between these two Princes, or rather 

 between their Generals, but Sim Naba Dibaja, the General of 

 Malakka, behaved so valiantly, that he forced the Siamese to re- 

 treat with great loss and shame. That King of Siam died soon 

 afterwards, and was succeeded by one Chupatndmst, who did not 

 leave the matter, but, again attacking the King of Malakka, be- 

 sieged the town for the second time ; but he was as unfortunate as 

 his predecessor, and was also defeated by the same General of 

 Malakka, who gave him such a severe blow in driving him away 

 from the town, that he too died of chagrin a short time afterwards. 

 It was at this time that the town of Malakka w r as considered 

 the third in rank with Madjapahit and Pasi, among the renowned 

 cities in those quarters of the East. 



This Prince governed this kingdom with much glory for some 

 years more, and died in 1374. 



He left his son as his successor, who was first commonly called 

 Sultan A:bdul, but called afterwards (when he became King) 

 Sultan Mamsok Shah. He was the tenth King of the Malays, the 

 sixth of Malakka, and the fourth Mohammedan King. Many 

 important things happened in these quarters during his reign, and 

 none of his predecessors governed so long as he did, viz., 73 years. 

 The Kingdom of Indragiri on the East coast of Sumatra was 

 still under the supremacy of Madjapahit in the beginning of ihe 

 reign of this King, but when Man sob Shah had married Kadin 

 Gala Isjindba Kiuana, the daughter of the King of Madjapahit 

 and a Princess of great celebrity, that King bestowed the King- 

 dom of Indragiri upon his son-in-law, and in this manner Indragiri 

 came under the rule of the Kings of Malakka, who governed it till 

 we came here. 



The King of Madjapahit was at that time (1380), so powerful 



