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"sion produces no kindness on their part. I 

 " therefore inform my Uiend that my conduct 

 towards the Siame.^e has ever been inoffensive, 

 as I am appreheci^he that, if I receive nn sup- 

 port fntm tlje Company, 1 shall never enjoy 

 " the blessings of peace in my country. The 

 " Siamese artacked the Pataiii District in the 

 month Dulkaida/' 



(Signed) Thamat, 

 " Written on the 9th day of the motvih Dul 

 " Hadjn, 12 o'clock^ which is July 1792.'** 



Callantan is am/ther i^tate which wijs redu- 

 ced by the forces of Malacca during the reign 

 ofSuUhaun Mahomed Shah, and, although op* 

 pressed and threatened repeatedly by the Sia- 

 mese, has never done more than make an acknow- 

 ledgment of its inferiority. 



Patani, alluded to in the letter of Sulthaun 

 Thamat, was founded by the son of the king of 

 Siam, and derives its name from the hut of a 

 fisherman which was on the spot where the city 

 was built. This fisherman had a son named 

 Tani. whence he was called Pa-tani, or 

 Tani's father. It maintained its independence 

 for some time, but is now annexed as a tribu- 

 tary to Siam. Patani appears to have been ear. 

 ly subjected by Siam. for an aucieut author,* writ- 

 ing in 1639, says that, Patani having revolted 

 from Siam some years after 1624, the Dutch as- 

 sisted the Siamese with .<ix ships to subdue the 

 rebels, Botii of these states were again attack* 

 ed by Siam in »B32. 

 Pahang having been treated of under the head 



* HftodeI»Jc, j>, 126. 



