70 TALENTYN'S DESCRIPTION OF MALACCA. 



the last King of Malakka, and the sixth Mohammedan King. 



He governed this people during 38 years, of which 29 years in 

 Malakka and afterwards 7 years more in Johor. It was under 

 his reign that the Malays threw off the Siamese yoke, and such 

 in 1509 ; but we will see that at large in what follows. 



It was also during the reign of this King, that the Portuguese 

 arrived for the first time at Mnlakka, and conquered the country. 

 For the sake of evidence and to clear up the matter, we will mention 

 all those great events from the beginning and treat in due order 

 that part of the history of Malakka and of its Kings till the time, 

 when we arrived in these regions. 



ARRIVAL OF THE PORTUGUESE AT MALKKKA. 



The Malay historian is not quite correct, when he states that 

 the Portuguese arrived for the first time in these quarters, more 

 especially in Malakka, in the beginning of the 30th year of Sultan 

 Mahmud Shah's reign, for, adding 29 years to the date that he 

 ascended the throne, i.e., 1^77, the first arrival of the Portuguese 

 should have happened in a.d. 1506, and it is fully evident from 

 what follows, that they first came here not earlier than two or three 

 years after that date and that they did not conquer Malakka 

 earlier than five years after that date, viz., a.d. 1511. This Prince's 

 reign was consequently a longer one in Malakka and not such a 

 long one in Johor. 



King Emanuel of Portugal ordered in 1508 Jacob Sequeira, ( x ) 

 one of his Admirals (according to Maffejus it was the Admiral 

 Didakus Lopf.s), to go with 4 vessels of his fleet of 16 sail to 

 Malakka to make a treaty of friendship with the King of that coun- 

 try, then Sultan Mahmud Shah. 



Arrived at Cochin, he first went in 1509 to Sumatra, touched 

 at Acheen, and finally arrived thence at Malakka. 



He met King Mahmud at that place, who had then just revolted 

 from the King of Siam, under whose dominion the Malays had 

 been for a short time. Skqueiea, as soon as he had drop- 

 ped anchor, forwarded one Heeonf.mus Teixi iea ( l ) with a present 

 and with a letter written in Arabic from King Emanuel, request- 

 ing the said King of Malakka to allow him (Sequeira) to carry on 

 trade in amity, which the King granted him at once. 



Ko sooner had Sequeira made a treaty of friendship and of 



( i ) This name is still met with here. 



