1838.] 



Note on Malayan Ma^iuscnpts and Books. 



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The vessels that had blockaded Rio now returned to Malacca. On 

 this the Salangore chief embarked with thirty men on board a Kalab 

 to invite the Muda of Rio, Raja Haji, to join in the siege. He found him 

 prepared for this purpose. After a short stay, the two chiefs, accompa- 

 nied by the young sultan of Johore (Mahmud), and a great number 

 of the men of Rio, weighed anchor and sailed to i\\tMuar river, where 

 they landed the Sultan, and pursued their voyage towards Malacca, to 

 Teloh Katdpang (a small Bay a little to the S. of Malacca), where Raja 

 Haji formed a post, and ordered Pengawa Satti to attack Samabo Besar, 

 which is taken. The sultan of Salangore ordered thirty or forty of his 

 men to take a large vessel, presented by the sultan of Johore, from 

 Teloh Katapang to Battang Tiga. They made the attempt, and did 

 not leave her, until a ball struck her in an attack made by the people of 

 of Malacca, when she tilled. The chief returned to Battang Tiga and 

 assailed Malacca from the west ; whilst Raja Haji and the men of Rio 

 pushed it on the east. During these operations, the former went up to 

 Rumbowe, where he espoused the grand-daughter of the Eang de per 

 Tuan, Raja Alum, and afterwards proceeded to Sungie Bara, During 

 the interim succours arrived for the Dutch garrison from Batavia.* In- 

 spirited by this the men of Malacca attacked the post of Teloh Katapang^ 

 with nine ships from the sea, while a strong party of soldiers landed at 

 Perwo—Raja Haji's stockade was surrounded. He called upon his 

 Panglimas (war chiefs) and those that were present, to join him in an 

 amok {Mengamok). They and their leader perished, and Teloh Katapang 

 fell into the hands of the enemy. Dyeng Salikan and Panglima Talingy 

 and many others, besides Raja Haji and his people, whom the writer 

 cannot enumerate, were among the slain. The remainder fled to Muar, 

 whence they sailed to /?/o with the spl tan of Johore. Sultan Ibrahim 

 hastened from Sungie Bara to Battang Tiga, but all was lost and he re- 

 turned to Salangore'^ So far the translation. The Dutch send vessels 

 and expel Ibrahim from Salangore. He flees to Pahang, The Dutch 

 take Riot A. D. 1785. Ibrahim recrosses the peninsula and surprises the 

 Dutch garrison at Salangore, which he retakes, but is again compelled 

 to accept terms from the Dutch, who send up a strong force from Ma- 

 lacca to chastise him. An amok of the Dutch takes place at Rio, insti- 

 gated by the sultan of Johore Mohmud. The Dutch flee. The sultan 

 goes to Lingga, An expedition sails from Malacca and retakes Rio. 



* A squatlron under Admiral Von Braam. 



+ The expedition that sailed from Malacca to take possession of Rio in 1785, was headed 

 by Christian Godliet Baumgarten as Comnaissioner. Murhum Jangote was elected Muda, 

 llaja Jaffer the present Muda was elected iu 1807, 



