HISTORY OF THE SULTANS OF BBUIFI. 19 



His Majesty the elder brother sent for him and said : " It, 

 " my brother, has been my fortune from God to become the Eaja 

 " of this Kingdom of Bruni, and you, my younger brother, desire 

 a also to be the Eaja. I am willing, for are we not both sons of 

 " his late Majesty?" Eaja Tln'gah replied: " Yes, my Lord, I, 

 " your slave, am a vassal beneath your Majesty. Whatever orders 

 " you may give I obey, but I do not know any reason why your Ma- 

 " jesty should be desirous of my absence from Bruni." After this 

 His Majesty the Sultan said : " Things being as they are, it is 

 " better that you should become Eaja of the country of Sarawak, 

 " and take with you some of the SaJceia of Sandar as your people." 

 Eaja Tinoah replied: "I obey your Majesty's orders," and he 

 accordingly went to Sarawak, and directed a palace and fort to be 

 built, and appointed a Tcmenggong, and he himself sailed to Johor 

 to see the Eaja Bonda, because the Eaja Boxda was the sister of 

 Mcrhoum Tuah, who had been married by the Sultan Abdul Jalil 

 of Johor. * The Temenggong and half the SaJceis remained at 

 Sarawak, and these are people whose descendants to the present day 

 are called the Hamba Eaja of Sarawak. 



When Eaja Tln t gah first arrived at Johor, he was made much 

 of by the Yaug di Pertuan of Johor, being feasted with eating and 

 drinking and dancing. After this had been continued for some time 

 the Maharaja Adinda also danced, and endeavoured to induce the 

 Eaja Tlxgah to do the same, but the Eaja said : " Do not request 

 " me, because the people of Bruni do not know how to dance," but 

 the Maharaja Adinda pushed him ; on this the Eaja Tingah 

 took the handkerchief from Maharaja Adinda, and pulled him two 

 or three steps, he then twisted the handkerchief and struck the 

 Prince across the face with it, and then went down to his boat. 



The Yang di Pertuan was very angry, and would have killed 

 the Eaja Tingah, which coming to the knowledge of the Eaja Bonda, 

 she went down to Eaja Tingah's boat in all haste and prevented 

 the execution of the Sultan's orders. 



* This uiusL hare been t lie second Sultan of that name of Johor, who reijjn 

 ed from 1628 to 1667. 



