The Grave-Stone of Sultan Mansur 
Shah of Malacca. 
By ZAINUL-ABIDIN BIN AHMAD. 
The following suggestions with reference to Mr. J. P. Mo- 
quette’s scholary paper on the above subject translated by Dr. Win- 
stedt in J. R. A. S., 8. B. No. 85 may not be out of place here :— 
(a) That the word om oh which comes after ol pelos in Mr. 
Moquette’s reading of Plate I be placed immediately before ale elo» : 
firstly because that is the usual order (i. e. al-marham first and 
the name of the deceased following) when the expression is used, 
especially by the Malays; and secondly, seeing that the word celal 
~ which lies directly above the word yg-2-e, (see third line in Plate 
1) is read before yea , it foilows that the word eel which lies 
also directly above the name ole ile. can also be read first. As far 
as I can judge from the plate, nothing seems to be there that 
makes it particularly necessary to violate usage and read Cum AM 
last. 
(b) That the reading of Aas (dari-’l-ma’al) be sub- 
stituted in place of Jil Ns (dari Amal). For this I have several 
reasons :— 
(1) age is not compatible, as far as rhythmic flow is 
concerned, with Nal is with which it ought to correspond; be- 
cause the latter (ie. J\d\,\s) has the article J and the former 
has not. From a grammatical stand-point there does not appear to 
be reason enough that Jal ne should have the article and SUi\s 
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