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Putch. Tbis latter is now residing in private 

 life at Singapore. Hajah Moodah Japhar, tlie 

 prime mover iu tlm intrirrue, died at Lingi,'iii in 

 Ifs:J2, and w2Li^ followed to tlie grave about a 

 Eionth iifierwards by Timiikoo Abdul Racbmaii. 

 The latter was succeeded by his son, Tuankoo 

 Mahomed Shah, now (1833) about twenty six 

 year.< of age, and whose enterprizing- and bc- 

 live character forms a marked contrast to the 

 imbecility of his father: his firmness and judge- 

 ment have secured the love, as well as the re- 

 spect, of his subjects. 



To the Kajah Moodah no successor has a^ yet 

 been appuinted, H6 the sanction of the Dutch nu- 

 thorities is now requisite, although it is believed 

 that his sou will succeed him. The Dutch ob- 

 tained this influential voice in the election in the 

 following uijumer. After the restoradon, by the 

 English, ofMalacca to the Dutch in 1818, the 

 latter, a* mentioned in page 71, again obtained 

 possession uf Rhio for the sum of Java Rupees 

 4,000 a mouth ; but, finding that for au addition* 

 ai thousand the Rajah MoD<3ali would willingly 

 cede the sovereignty of the island of Bintang, in- 

 creased the stipend in 1825 to five thousand ru- 

 pees. By this measure, whilst they subjected 

 the once powerful kingdom of Johore to their 

 sway, tbey actually increased their revenue by 

 the ex[>onatton of the gambier for which Bin- 

 tang is so justly celebrated. The Rajah Moo- 

 dah reserved two thousand rupees of this sura 

 for his personal use, and divided the remainder 

 amongst Tuankoo Pootri, who has figured in 

 the foregoing pages— his brother, Rajah Drees 



