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The ex-Panghooloo of Nanning. generally 

 known as Dool Syed, alrhuugh his real name be 

 Si Aboo, (Aboo h literally " a&hes") was instal- 

 led in Ife<02 by Colonel Taylor, the Briiish Au- 

 thority at Malacca, and it was agreed upon the 

 part of the English that the new chief j>liou!cJ ra- 

 raaiQ in possession of ihe same rights and privi- 

 leges as those M hich had been enjoyed by his pre- 

 decessors under the Dutch sway, provided he 

 substituted the English Chaup, or seal, for that 

 of the Nelheriands Government. The tribute of 

 buffaloes was at the same time annulled by Co- 

 lonel Taylor, I may here anticipate a little, and 

 compare the inscription on the seal subseqoemly 

 adopted by Dool Syed, when be appeared in 

 open rebellion against the British, with that of 

 Ramah, the Panghooloo Belantye ofRumbow 

 Ooloo. The seal of Dool Syed is as follows; 

 " Sulthaun Si Maharajah de Rajah, Ibn Sulthauii 

 Abdul Jalil Mohatim Shah, under the blessing of 

 God, the great Sulthann." On the other hand, 

 whdst the letters of the Panghooloo Belantye of 

 Uumbow state, as usual, in the preamble; that 

 they are written by - Dattoo Leila Mahara- 

 jah, who governs the country of Rumbow;'* the 

 seal bears the simple inscription ofSidya Rajah, 

 Ibn Leila Maharajah, favor of the Bandharra' 

 Maharajah, Sri Maharajah/' 



The swovd, iiadjoo, and gold ornamented stick, 

 descended to Dool Syed at his inauguration, and 

 are held in liigh veneration by the Malays, who 

 conceive that they impart peculiar simctity to 

 the possessor. They are produced in public but 

 once a year, and then with great solemnity. The 

 Panghooloo displays the sword in the sight of the 



