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200 for the heads of each of the fuU(/^v^ng P' ■ ^ , 

 viz. Endika, Fetah Malayoo, Peodika . 

 Inchi Mahomed, and Inchi AhaL But fe^in, as 

 Jong as the ohnoxioiia tenth hung over the ht jfi^ 

 of the people, tnuch effect could not be exi * ' 

 from any ProclamatioD. It requires very 

 iaducenieiits to induce the Malays to desert even 

 a chief of moderate influence ; much more, a per- 

 son who was, like Dool Syed, invested with the 

 very odor of sanctity, and supposed by his cre- 

 dulous people to be endued with tlie power of 

 working miracles. The follow iog quotation from 

 JLeydena Malay Annals will put this in astronger 

 light. 



After stating that Bichitram Shah, afterwards 

 Sangsapurba, a linear descendant of Rajah Secan- 

 der Zulkarneini, bad descended on the mountain 

 Sagantang Maha Miru, and wanted to marry, for 

 which purpose the different chiefs brought their 

 daughterij, who were successively stricken with 

 leprosy on account of their inferiority of rank, 

 the translator thus proceeds. *' According to 

 the persons from whom the auihor derives his in- 

 formation, the Rajah of the country of Palembang» 

 which was formerly of such great extent, had a 

 daughterof extreme beauty, named Wan-Sundaria, 

 Then Ampu and Malin made obeisance to Sang' 

 sapurba, and represented to him that Damang 

 Lebar Dawn had a daughter: Sangsapurba ac- 

 cord ingly sent to aivk her in marriage, but he ex- 

 cused himself, alledgiug that she woiiW probably 

 be struck with sickness, and that he wotdd only 

 resign her to him as a wife on certain conditions ; 

 these conditions were, that, on Sangsapurba niar^ 



