ON THE MALA'YU NATION, H& 



" Johdr, he remained till such time as the PrgJius could be repaired and 

 u victualled for the voyage, and then embarked, with all the Menang- 

 " cdbaws, for the kingdom of his father. 



" Several, however, of the Menangcdbaws remained in the country of 

 " Johdr, in consequence of their being united in marriage to the Johdr 

 " women. The country of Johdr, which was previously well cultivated, 

 " was soon overgrown with wood; but the enclosed village in which the 

 " men of Menangcdbaw resided, still bears the name of Campung Menang- 

 *' cdbaw, and many people are still to be found scattered over the coun- 

 " try, who call themselves Menangcdbaws, as it was for many years that 

 " the prince resided in this country, and his followers and those con- 

 " nected with him, had become very numerous/' 



The ancient connection that subsisted between Maldca and Johdr is 

 particularly noticed in Maldyu history, according to which the first Rdja 

 of Maldca, Sultan Iska'nder Shah, (afterwards, on his embracing the 

 Muhammedan faith called Muhammed Shah,) is supposed to have been 

 a Rdja of Sin'hapura, the ancient Malay state, near the site of Johdr, 

 who had taken refuge there, on his kingdom being invaded and destroy- 

 ed by an armament from the island of Java. The subsequent flight of 

 the Maldca Rdja to the southern port of the peninsula, on the establish- 

 ment of the Portuguese, is related in several Malay MSS. in my posses- 

 sion, from one of which the following narrative is a translation. If 

 Maldca be considered as the principal state on the peninsula, the fate of its 

 native government cannot be uninteresting, though the record must be of 

 modern date. Sultan Muhammed Shah, the present Rdja of Linga and 

 Rio, whither the seat of government has long been transferred from 

 Johdr, still traces his descent from the ancient Rajas of Maldca, 



