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Rachman, the youngest son, to the tlirone of Jo- 

 hore, the four first named miniHters refused to 

 acknowledge the new sovereign, and separated 

 themselves from his councils. The third minis- 

 ter, the I ndrabong,<>oo, withdrew with his family 

 from Lingga to Pahcinff, where he died two years 

 afterwards; the fourth minister, or the Lacsama- 

 Ea» with his family removed from Lingga to Siak, 

 where he also died ; and the si x'th minister, or the 

 Rajah Toowa, left the kingdom, and, accompanied 

 by his familjs settled in Borneo, where he like- 

 wise died at the expiration of a twelve mouth. 



From this period, the present Sulthaun of 

 Lingga, Abdul Haelunan, had no other ministers 

 than the toilowing ; viz, the V^ieeroy, (Rajah Ja- 

 phar), the Dattoo 8olivvaung, the Dai too Band- 

 harra, and the Dattuo Pansfgawa, besides the 

 Vanglimahs Dalam and Pran^. The princes, 

 ministers, and nobles, of the Menaniikabow fami- 

 ly still refuse to acknowledge Abdul Kachman 

 as their Horereign, but pay revereuce to the right- 

 ful heir to the kingdom, Tuankoo Houssain, com- 

 monly called Tuankoo Long. 



1 have now to advert to Palian^, a^^ it is a 

 component portion of the Johore empire, which 

 is described by Nieuhoff* as being situated 

 about a league from the sea and inhabited solely 

 by thti nobility, the suburbs being appropriated 

 for the occupation of the lower orders. Tlie 

 town ifi small, and "inclosed with a wall made of 

 the trunks of trees joined close together, and 

 about twenty four feet in height, strengthened 

 at each angle with a bastion, but not tilled with 



• Niealiorfj apudCUarcb CoU. Vol. 2, p. lui etse^, 

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