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~ assembled nobles), for my part I cannot find it in my heart 

 " to remain here any longer, for it is distasteful to me to 

 "have the royal drum (nobat) sounded so near to the grave 

 b - of the late king. It is, therefore, my wish to remove 

 4 w from Brahman Inch -a . ' ' 



On the 17th October 1765, according to Dutch records, a 

 treaty was made between the Dutch East India Company 

 and " Paduca Siry (Sri) Sultan Mohamed Shah, King 

 4i of Pera." It is interesting to find in the Malay manus- 

 cript under notice an account of the negotiations which 

 led to this treaty and of the circumstances connected 

 with the signing of it. Even the names of the Dutch 

 officials are given ; barely recognisable, it is true, in their 

 Malay rendering. The fact that the name of the reigning- 

 Sultan in the Malay narration is Iskander Shah, while that 

 in the treaty is Mohamed Shah, need not, I think, cast 

 a doubt on the veracity of the native account, for Euro- 

 peans are extremely likely to have made a mistake about 

 native names. If the name was Iskander Shah Inn Al 

 Merhom Mohamed Shaft, the mistake is easily accounted 

 for. 



Iskander Shah fixed his residence at Pulo Champak.a Sri, 

 near Pasir Panjang on the Perak river, and dignified it, after 

 the manner of Malay Eajas, with a high-sounding name, 

 " Pulau Indra S'akti" Kling. Bugis, and Menangkabau tra- 

 ders are mentioned as frequenting the new town and the 

 Chinese had a separate quarter to themselves. In recording 

 the establishment of the new capital the historian preserves 

 the following pantun composed, he says, on the occasion : 



Zeman Sultan Raja Iskander 

 Menibuat negri di Pulo Cbampaka 

 Elok-nia pekan dengan bandar 

 Tempat dagang sentri berniaga. 

 Membuat negri di Pulo Ckampaka 

 Di glar Pulo Indra Sakti 

 Dagang sentri datang berniaga 

 Kabawa duli berbuat bakti. 

 Tuanku raja Sultan Iskander 

 Takhta di Pulo Indra Sakti 

 Endak nia jangan lagi di sadar 

 Kuat pun sudah bagi di hati, 

 Takhta di Pulo Indra Sakti 

 Di senibah tintra sa isi negri 

 Kuat pun sudah bagi di hati 

 Bertamba^ kabesaran-nia sahari-hiui 



