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and the Lac*iamana, or Admiral. The two first 

 of these resided in, and governed, those coun- 

 tries, whence they derived their titles ; whilst 

 the two last had no permanent place of abode^ 

 as they were obliged to accompany the Sulthaun 

 whithersoever he went. 



The other four Councillors were eitlier princes 

 or nobles of the Buggisses, and had the follow- 

 ing style; the first was denominated the lang 

 de Pertuan Moodah, or the Vice-roy of Johore, 

 and resided at Pulo 'Pinigad, adminisitering the 

 affairs of the island ofBintang"; the second, term- 

 ed Rajah Toowa, had no fixed residence; the 

 third, or Dattoo Soli wa tan ^, rt^sided hi Lingga, 

 and the fourth, or last of the ei^ht Councillors, 

 called Dattoo Panggawa, abode with the Vice-roy 

 in Pulo Pinigad. 



It would appear, from Hamilton, that, previous 

 to this period, viz. in A. 1700, the office of 

 lang de Pertuan, or Rajah, Moodah was exer- 

 cised, not by the Buggis chiefs, but by the Roy* 

 al family, 



Tliis author informs us that, after an interreg- 

 num of three years, caused by the murder of the 

 Suithaun by one of his nobles on accoant of his 

 atrocities,* Suithaun Abdullah Jatil, a prince of 

 great moderation and justice, and cousin german 

 to the former, was called to fill the vacant throne. 

 This is the prince that in A, D. 1703 made Cap- 

 tain Hamilton an offer of the island of Singapore, 

 which he refused as being of no use to a private 

 person. In 1709 the Suithaun devolved the 

 government upon his younger brolher, the Rajah 



* Huaiittou'i new aecaaDl of the £. Ind. p. 93 and teq. 



