78 JVo!e Gil Malayan Manuscripls ar,d Books, [Jan* 



III.— J\ o!e on Maiai/an MSS. and Boohs presented to the Societij. — 

 By Lieutenant Newbold. 



Ko. 1. — Is a cc'py of the celebrated Malay iiistoricRl work the SHa-sila 

 cr Silstia/i-ns-SahUin, the Sejara Malayu, by Tun Mambang Bandahdra, 

 composed by order of sultan Abdullah, son of Abdul J alii Shah, in 

 1021 of the Hcjira. This work has been translated into English by 

 Leyden, wiili an introduction by Sir Stamford Raffles. The MS. pre- 

 sented was transcribed from an old and highly valued copy at Malacca. 

 From the fabulous origin of the Malays from Alexander, the lord of 

 the two horns, it is continued down to the taldng of Malacca by the 

 Portuguese in 1511, and the consequent foundation of the empire of 

 Johore. It contains not only the history of the Malacca kings, but 

 also notices of the slates of Menangcabouc, Palembang, Siac, Jambi^ 

 Achin, Szc. in Sumatra, and of those of Pahang, Palani, Tringau?i^ 

 Kalantan, Quedah, Perak, &c. on the peninsula. 



No. 2. — Is the Addat Achi, or code of Achin. It is divided into four 

 parts. The first entitled " Parentah Segdla Raja Pdja," rules of govern- 

 ment for kings— the second " 5" ;Y.s?7ft/? Raja Rdja di Bander Achi^'—nnd 

 the third, " Adat Mejlis Rdja PtdjaP etiquette to be observed at court. 

 The fourih and la.st embraces a variety of regulations for Port duties 

 and customs, with rules to be observed by liie minor officers of govern- 

 ment. Of the genealogical part which comprises the reigns of the 

 Mahomedan kings of Achin from the 601st year of the Hejira down to 

 the present time, I have already furnished an abstract, together with a 

 notice of the work itself.* 



Kc. 3.~Is divided into seven portions. The first consists of historical 

 fragments relating lo the march of Alexander the Great towards the sun 

 — i. e. to the east. His battle with Raja Kidi Hindi whom he defeats 

 and converts to the religion of Ibrahim (Abraham). The origin of the 

 kings of Malncca from the Rajas of the h'U of Sagantang—\\\Q\]: 

 descent to Palembcn^g—io Bantan — to Singhapiira, and thence to Ma* 

 lacca. The origin of the Pagarin/ong chiefs from the Rajas of Sagdn^ 

 iavg, who founded the Malay empire of Meimrigcaboice. The mar- 

 riage of suUan Mahomed Shah of l^>Ialacca— court etiquette, Szc, 



* Journal No. 10, pp. 54 to 57, 



