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Moodah, who was covetous and tyrannical, the 

 king secluding himselfmhis palace, and devoting 

 bis time to religious pursuits. The Rajah, or 

 lang de Pertuan, Moodah, however, exercised 

 the sovereignty for only about three years, his 

 oppressions havhig driven the people in A. D, 

 1712 into open rebelbon. * The tyrant fled with 

 his wives and children to the capital. Johore La* 

 mi, at the entrance of the straits of Singapore, 

 but. being pursued by his exasperated subjects, 

 first slew his family, and then killed himself* 



Stillhaun Abdullah Jalll offered to restore 

 things to their previous condition, but his people 

 told him that he was unfit for the cares of ern* 

 pire» adding, ** that he might retire to either Pa- 

 hang orTringano; but that, as for Johore, and 

 the islands between it and Sumatra, they would 

 consider what to do with them.' t The king, 

 his family, and a few adherents, ptoceeded to- 

 wards Tringano accordingly in vessels provided 

 by his late subjects, but, on his way thither, was 

 received by the inhabitants of Pulo Aura, Pnlo 

 Tinji. Pnlo Pinang, and Pulo Timun, as their 

 lawful sovereign, whilst he put his eldest son, a 

 youih of about twelve years old, on shore at Pa- 

 hang, in order to preserve the allegiance of that 

 counlry. 



To return to the subject more immediately be- 

 fore us. On the demise ofSulthaun Mahmood 

 Shah, and the subsequent violation of the law of 

 succesi^ion by the elevation of Tuankoo Abdul 



• This would appear at firrt right as beinj? at T«riancc vUii thft dtdir- 

 id priDClples of the Malayit, who nev«?r engafe in rebeULoD againft their 

 ftovenign, but it mmt be remtmbered that the Rsjah fitoodah wai toete- 

 \y in tfle poueidoo of deSegated autlioriiy. 



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