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had been rendered an outcast from his kingdom, 

 and the dispute rose so hi^h that the princes se- 

 parated in quest of different fortunes, and Prince 

 Ala-ed-din betook himself to J ohore, which he 

 and bis fatuer had erected into a kingdom at the 

 same time as Bihtang, althougiv he did not ascend 

 the throne of Jobore until A. D. 1511, when he 

 assumed the style of Sulthaun Ahmed Shah. 



In order to the retention of such an jmportaat 

 conquest as Malacca, Albuquerque built a for- 

 treses, wliich was tenned Hermo^a on account of 

 its beauty, and a church on Saint PznV^ hill in 

 the centre of it, which be dedicated to The 

 Visitation of our Lady," and which was inha- 

 bited by the Jesuits and friendly brothers; tliis 

 last be coil s true ted out of the stones of tlie tombs 

 of the ancient Malay Kings: He also buiit a 

 nunnery -called that of " The mother of God," 

 on the adjacent hill of St. Johns. Val. 6th 

 Chap. 1st p. a09. He also introduced a coinage 

 which he declared current by proclamation, and 

 scattered afewhandlnls amongst the crowd in 

 order to reconcile them to the change of dynasty. 

 Although acquainted with the treacherous cha- 

 racter of Otimuti Rajah, Albuquerque attempted 

 to attach him to his interests by making him the 

 chief of the Malay;* in the town of Malacca, but 

 subsequently detecting him in carrying on A trea- 

 sonable correspondence with Prince Ata-ed'din» 

 he publicly executed him,, his son, and son-in-law, 

 on the very scaffold which a few years before 

 Utimuti Kajab had built for the purposp of put- 

 ting Sequeira to death, had that commander 

 fallen into bis hands. 



