so 



Note on Malayan Manuscripts and Books, 



At Lingga. 

 The Perail Hukiim. 

 J, Pusaka Besar. 

 „ Hikayet Plandok Jinaka. 

 „ Hon Falek. 



Seventeen other MSS. were procured, of which Jbdid Kadir does 

 not give the names. The spirit and Uberaiity evinced by the Dutch 

 government in this matter are highly praiseworthy, and worthy of 

 example. 



Part 6.— Comprises the history of Rio and Johore, from the conquest 

 of that empire by the chief of Jamhi in 1674 A. D. to the attack of 

 sultan Ibrahim ol Salav gore on Perak, towards the close of the 18th 

 century. Of tlie conquest of Johore by Jamhi nothing is mentioned 

 beyond the dale. Abdul Jalil the Lacsamana founds Rio on the river 

 Chdrang at Bintan, Murhum Besar, the then sultan of Johore, dies at 

 Pahang about 1678. Sultan Ibrahim orders an expedition against 

 i/a,-n6/ and 'S'/ac, which is unsuccessful. Sultan Mahmud is killed at 

 Kota I'inghie, 1701. Sultan Abaul Jalil Shah III. re-established the 

 old city of Johore, whither he repairs after seven years residence at 

 Rio, but is compelled to retire by the Menangcabowes, who take the 

 place in 1719 A. D. Abdul Jalil proceeds to Pahang ; thence to Trin- 

 ^■0M« and eventually to PoA«??jO-, where he is killed near the mouth of 

 the river, in an attack made by LacsamanaNakhodaSikkam A.D. 1723. 

 Sikkam takes the sultan's family to Rio to Raja Kechil. The next 

 year the Bugis attack and take Rio, Raja Kechil making his escape to 

 Quedah. The Bugis chiefs elect Raja Suliman, Abdul Jalil's son, as 

 king, under the title of Badr Alum Shah, A. D. 1724. He goes to 

 Pahang in 1737 and builds a v/alled monument over the remains of his 

 father. In 1738-9, Raja Kechil, and other Malay chiefs, repeatedly 

 attack Rio, but are defeated. Dyeng Camboja is elected Muda of Rio 

 A. D. 1755 at Salangore, and sails for Rio accompanied by Raja Hadji 

 son of the late Muda Dyeng Pali. 



Sultan Suliman, with the Hollanders of Malacca, goes to assist Raja 

 Buangof Siac against Raja Alum, when Dj eng Camboja quits Rio with 

 his family for the Lingie river near Malacca, where he settles and as- 

 sists the vanquished Raja Alum with two prahus, which he takes to 

 Baltu Bhara : Sultan Suliman sends to Lingie to demand from Dyeng 

 Camboja the arms belonging to Johore he had carried off. Dyeng Cara- 

 boji denies it : Raja Haji is sent to fetch him. Dyeng Camboja, with 

 the Raja of Salangore and the Bugis chiefs, are attacked at Qualli Lingie 



