II I S T O R Y 



OF THE 



SULTANS OIT BRTTNT 



AXD OF THEIH DESCENT, 



FEOM SULTAN ABDUL KAHAE 

 TO SULTAN ABDUL JALIL-UL-JEBAR, 



The first, who had a large family, was the Sultan Ahoul Xahak, 

 who was attacked by the Castilians, * and carried by the Bajas to 

 the country of Suei, having been conquered in the war through 

 the treachery of one of the Chutreias named Pangiran Sri Lela. 

 This Merhoum had forty-two sons, one of whom became Sultan 

 Saif-tjl-J&ejal ; two of his brothers became Bendaharas and sup- 

 ports to ILis Majesty's throne. One of these was named Bendahara 

 Sari, whose mother was a Javanese, and one was named Raja 

 Bendahara Sakam, whose mother was a Bajau, f and to him be- 

 longed all the dependencies of the country of Brum as far as 

 Lesong ;i he was very fierce a,nd brave, and, when he was angry, it 

 appeared to the people as if fire were issuing from his mouth, and 

 not one of the Bajas dared dispute his will. All the daughters of 

 the Bajas of Bruni who were beautiful he took and made wives and 

 concubines of them, and it was for this reason that the Pangiran 

 BroNG Masis, § who was entitled the Pangiran Sri Lela, was 



* The Spaniards first attacked Bruni under Don Fbancisco La Sandb in 

 A.D. 1577 to place Sri Lela, who had professed submission, on the throne, which 

 his brother had usurped. This attack more probably occurred in tbe time of 

 Satf-ul-Kejal, the son of AuDri, Kahar, so that Abdtjx Kahae, who proba- 

 bly had a long reign, had died before 1577: his tomb was destroyed by the shots 

 from the Spaniards. 



f The Bajaus are a race haying some settlements on the !North-west and East 

 coasts of Bruni, and among tbe islands, but on the East side living chiefly in boats: 

 they were formerly pirates ; they call themselves orani/ soma, and say their an- 

 cestors came from the Straits of Malacca. They are a bold and enterprising, but 

 not an industrious people, and the young men and tbe women hare a wild gipsy- 

 like look, frequently with large beautiful eyes. Their language differs much 

 from the Malay. 



% Luzon. 



§ This Pangiran had been banished to Kanianis by Eaja Bendahara £ak.am, 



