utsTOiir or the sultans of bbuni. 15 



" It will be well for your Highness to remove to the' island, so that 

 " I may then begin to build my house, when my heart is at ease as 

 " to the safety of your Majesty." The Eaja agreed and removed, 

 but only two or three of the royal guns were taken to the island. 



While the Kaja was moving, the Pangiran Bendahara prevented 

 people from going to the island, so that about one third of the peo- 

 ple removed, and two thirds remained, and he ordered the ryots to. 

 repair the forts at Pulau Ambok * and mount the guns, and when 

 this was all ready he waited expecting the attack from Pulau Cher- 

 mi n. 



The Eaja at the island was expecting the Bendahara, who, how- 

 ever, did not come. After he had been there seven days and the Ben- 

 dahara made no appearance, he ordered the Orang Kaya di G-edong f 

 to enquire as to it. He went up to Bnmi and presented himself be- 

 fore the Pangiran Bendahara, and said : " My Lord, your servant has 

 " been ordered by your Lordship's royal father to enquire the rea- 

 " son, as he is waiting your arrival and you do not come." The 

 Pangiran Bendahara replied : " The reason for our not coming is 

 " because we intend to be revenged for the death of the late Sul- 

 " tan." The Pangiran di Gedong then went back again and inform- 

 ed the Sultan of what the Pangiran Bendahara had said. When 

 the Tang di Pertuan heard this he was very angry, like blazing fire, 

 and the war between the island and Bruni at once commenced. 



The people of Bruni, when the Orang Kaya di Gredong had 

 returned, made the Pangiran Bendahara Sultan Muaddix, so that 

 there were two Rajas, one at the island, and one at Bruni.£ The 

 Sultan of Bruni' s cause was espoused by the people of the terri- 



* Pulau Ambok is an island about three quarters of a mile below the pre- 

 sent town of Bruni and just about the site of Kota Batu and the ancient city. 



f The Orang Kaya di Gedong is the chief of the Mentris as they are called 

 in Bruni. They arc the chief officers of the Sultan and Wazirs, and are not ot 

 noble birth, being taken from the trading classes of the community ; thev are 

 selected for their intelligence, and have had great influence in politics o"f the 

 country. 



% Soon after the breaking out of the war, Sultan Muaddin found that the 

 old town of Bruni was too near the island, from which attacks upon it were fre- 

 quently made, he, in consequence, removed to the Kuala Tumasik, which is the 

 uppermost pull of the site of the present town on the left bunk of the rber. 



