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who conducted him and his daughter, the beauti- 

 ful princess, PutrrWanang Sri, to his master. 

 SuUhaun Manzur Shah treated the captive prince 

 with the respect due to his rank and misfortanes, 

 and married the princess, according to a custom 

 M hich appears to have obtained amongst the Ma- 

 layan nations at that period. 



Sri Vija di Rajah was elevated to the sove- 

 reignty of Pahang by Manznr Shah, irom ^hora 

 he received the tiouhut (drums) or insignia of au^ 

 thority, with the exception of the mgarets, but 

 was obliged to resort annually to Malacca to pay 

 his homage. 



Malacca appears to have been at the height of 

 its prosperity during the reign of SulthaunMaozur 

 Shah, and of all the peninsular states the most 

 courted by foreign powers.* We find notonly the 

 Rajah 01 Burni (Borneo), but even the emperor 

 of China, treating Sullhaun Manzur Shah as an 

 equal. The latter, as well as the Rajali of Maja- 

 pahit (Java) sought his alliance, and each of them 

 bestowed upon him the hand of his daughter in 

 marriage. The Rajah of Majahapit gave the 

 kingdom of Indraglri in Sumatra as his daughter » 

 dowry. 



Manzur Shah, after his marriage with the prin- 

 cess of China, addressed a letter to his father-iti- 



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