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of dignity is that of Sookoo, or Minister. Soon- 

 gei Oujong. Johol, and Naiining, are each govern- 

 ed by one Panghooloo Beiantye, and four Soo- 

 koos: Rumbow, on the other hand, nuo^bers 

 two Panghooloos and eight Sooknos. Thfs de- 

 viation from the ei^labiislied custom was intro* 

 dnced by Rajah Alii. Prior to the death of Ba- 

 hagoh, Panghooloo of 11 umbo w, which occurred 

 in 1819, there was only one Panghooloo alihongh 

 there were always eight Sookoos, on account of 

 Rnmbow being divided into two diistricts!, viz, 

 Rumbow llu, and Knmbow Ooloo. Ofthelat* 

 ter the principal village is named Chamboong, 

 whilst Rumbow l\n boasts of two. Penagy, and 

 Bandar. Fornaerly, the Panghnolao Brlantye, 

 or Panghooloo Rumbow, whose proper seat of 

 authority is Rnmbow Ooloo, possessed equal au- 

 thority over Rumbow llu. 



On the decease of Bahagoh, one of hts ne- 

 phews, named Ramah, was made Patiiifhooloo 

 Belantye* of Rumbow Ooloo» under tlie title of 

 Leila Maharajah, and another nephew, Pahal, 

 already mentioned, was declared Panghooloo of 

 Rumbow llu, or Baroo. 



The election of a Panghooloo from the royal 

 family of Menankgabow is vested in the Sookoos 

 and people, a rule which obtains in each of these 

 states. On the vacancy occurring by the death 

 of Bahagoh, the four Sookoos of Rorabow Oo- 

 loo, who, it is supposed, had taken umbrage at 

 Rajaii Alli*s having concluded a Treaty on the 

 5th June 1819 with Tlmmerman Thyssen, the 

 Governor of Malacca, without coosuUing them, 

 (the Treaty bemg signed merely by Rajah AlH, 

 and the Panghooloo and Sookoos of Rumbow 



