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L I S T 



OF THE 



m:^litom:ei3a^n soveeeigns 



OF 



BRTJNI, OR BORNEO PROPER. 



No. 1. — Sultan Mahomed, who introduced the religion of 

 Islam. 



No. 2. — Sultan Akhmed, the brother of Sultan Mahomed. 

 He married the daughter or sister of Sum Pino, a Chinese chief 

 who had come down to Borneo, by order of the Emperor of China, 

 to seek for the jewel which was in the possession of the dragon 

 of China Balu. He went with his daughter on her marriage to Sul- 

 tan Akhmed from China Batangan to Bruni, taking all his people 

 with him, and there built the bar of stones at the mouth of the 

 river and the Kota Batu at the residence of the Sultans. Sultan 

 Akhmed had a daughter by his Chinese wife who was married to — 



No. 3. — Sultan Bekkat, who had come from the county of 

 Taif, in Arabia, and who was a descendant of the prophet through 

 his grandson Htjsin ; he enforced the observance of the religion 

 of Islam and the laws of the Mahomedans, and built a mosque. 



No. 4. — Sultan Suleiman, son of the Berkat. He carried 

 on his father's policy of propagandise and strict observance of 

 religious rites and duties. He was succeeded by his son — 



No. 5. — Sultan Bulkeiah,* called Nakoda Ragam, on account 

 of his numerous caprices. He seems to have been a person of 

 great activity and intelligence, made many voyages to Java, 



* Pigai-etta's visit to Borneo, which took place in 1521; was probablj towards 

 the end of the reign of Bflkeiah. 



