HISTORIC TABLET. 



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And Sultan Mahomed Te.t- 

 Waldun ordered Tuan Ha jr Kha- 

 tib Abdul LatIf to write this 

 genealogy for the information 

 of all his descendants who might 

 possess the throne and crown of 

 royalty in the country and pro- 

 vinces of Bruin, the abode of 

 peace ; who in their generations 

 might take the inheritance of 

 the royal drums and bells [ an 

 emblem] of the country of Johor, 

 the seat of G-overnment ; and 

 who might further take as their 

 birthright the royal drums and 

 bells [an emblem] of Menang- 

 kerbau, i. e., the country Anda- 

 las. 



Now he who hrst ruled the 

 country and introduced the re- 

 ligion of Islam and followed the 

 laws of our prophet Mahomed 

 ( the blessed of God, on whom 

 be peace), was His Highness 

 Sultan Mahomed and his brother 

 Sultan Akiimed : now he begat a 

 daughter by his wife, the sister 

 of the Chinese Raja, whom he 

 had taken from China Batangan .- 

 that was the princess who was 

 taken to wife by Sheriff: Ali, 

 who came down from the country 

 of Taif . 



Moreover that Sheriff Ali 

 became Raja under the name of 

 His Highness Sultan Blrkat : 

 it was he who enforced the ob- 

 servance of the laws of the mes- 

 senger of G-od ( blessed of God 

 on whom be peace), and erected 

 a mosque, and all his Chinese 

 subjects built the stone fort; 

 that Sheriff Ali was descended 

 from the Am tit of the Faithful 

 HA6A*7 t the grandson of the 

 messenger of God. Now His 



Maka Sri Sultan Mahomed 

 Tej-Waldiis t menitahkan pada 

 tuan Haji Khatib Abdul Latif 

 meniuratkan Selesilah ini sepaya 

 dikatahni segfda anak chuchu- 

 nia Raja yang mempuniai takhta 

 mahkota karajaan dalam kan- 

 dang dairah negri Bruni daruse- 

 lam yang turun tamurun yang 

 mengambil pusakaan nobat na- 

 gara dan gunta alfimat deri negri 

 Johor Kamal-ul-Makam dan 

 mengambil lagi pusaka nobat 

 nagara gunta alaniat deri Me- 

 nangkerbau itu nesrri Andalas. 



Maka a da I ah yang per la ma 

 karajaan di negri dan membawa 

 egama, Islam dan meugikut Sha- 

 riat nabi kita Mahomed Sallal- 

 lahu AUaihi Wasallum, iya itu 

 paduka Sri Sultan Mahomed 

 dan Sudarania Sultan Auhmed 

 maka beranak scorang perara- 

 puan dungan istrinia sudara 

 Raja China vangdiambilderipada 

 China Batangan putri itulah 

 yang di ambil uleh Sheriff A li 

 yang turun deri negri Taif. 



Maka Sheriff Ali itulah Ka- 

 rajaan di nama-i akan diva pa- 

 duka Sri Sultan I^eekat iyalah 

 yang mengraskan Shariat rasul 

 Sallallahu Allaihi "Wasallum dan 

 berbuat musjid dan segfda ryto 

 China berbuat Kota Batu ; tuan 

 Sheriff Alt itu panchir Selesi- 

 lah deripada Amik al inuininin 

 HasslN chuchu rasul Allah. Ma- 

 ka paduka Sri Sultan Bereat 

 itu beranakkan paduka Sri Sultan 

 Suleimak, dan Suleiman be- 



