74b valentyn's desceiptiox or Malacca. 



The fugitive King Mahmud did nob die of grief ( x ) (as it is asserted 

 by the Portuguese), but he had fled in 1511, to the North-East side of 

 the Southern Promontory of the country, after having ruled Malakka 

 for 34 years ; with him a period of 252 years was completed that 

 this country had been under the sway of Malay Kings. He com- 

 menced to build a new town at that place (the third one built by 

 Malay Kings in those quarters), enlarged it and finally finished it, 

 and gave it the name of Johor, after the Arabic word " Johor" 

 perhaps, which means "a pearl" also " the fine human shape." 



He founded a new empire there, the Kings of which from that 

 date were no longer styled Malay Princes or Kings of Malakka, but 

 Kings of Johor. . He reigned two years at that place, died in 

 1513, and was succeeded by his son, who had not the name of 

 Allodin (according to the Portuguese historians), but who has 

 been mentioned by the Malays as Sultan Ahmed Shah, in their 

 genealogical register of the Kings of Malakka and Johor. He 

 was the thirteenth King of the Malays, the first of Johor, and the 

 seventh Mohammedan King. 



[ To be continued. ] 



0) The Commentaries say he die<l at Pahang-, a few days after his arriral 

 there. 



