56 Mahomedan Kings of Achin. [Jan, 



4. Sultan Firman Shah. A. H. 708. Son of the preced- 

 ing — reigned 47 years, 8 months, and 13 days — died A. H. 

 755. 



5. Sultan Mansur Shah I. A. H, 755. Died, after a 

 reign of upwards of 56 years, A. H. 811, on the 10th of t]^ 

 month Shaban. 



6. Sultan Ala uddin Johan Shah. A. H. 811. Succeed- 

 ed his father Mansur Shah — died A. H. 870. 



7. Sultan Hussain Shah. J. A. H. 870. After a reign of 

 31 years, 4 months and 2 days, this monarch died K. H. 

 901. 



8. Sultan Ali Riayet Shah. A. H. 901. —died after a 

 reign of upwards of 15 years. — A. H. 917. 



9. (a) Sultan Selah-uddin. A. H. 917, Reigned 28 years., 

 3 months and 28 days -died A. H. 946. 



10. Sultan Ala-uddin. A. H. 946. Brother of the pre- 

 ceding — died A. H. 975, on the 15th of the month Safr. 



11. Sultan Hussain Shah II. A. H. 975. Reigned 8 

 years, 4 months and 12 days — died A. H. 983. 



12. Sultan Muda. A. H. 983. This prince was extremely 

 young at the death of his father Hussain Shah, and died after 

 a short minority A. H. 984. 



13. Sultan Priaman. A. H. 984. Died after a short reign 

 of 1 month and 22 days A. H. 984. 



14. Sultan Raja Jeinal. A. H. 984. Reigned 10 months 

 and 10 days. He was assassinated A, H. 985 on the 10th of 

 the month Mohurram. 



15. (b } Sultan Mansur Shah II. A. H. 985. This prince 



(a) Selah-uddin (by some called Ibrahim) was the prince, who, when Mahomed, 

 ex-king of Malacca was blockading the Portuguese in his own city which they had 

 taken possession of, fell upon and massacred all the Europeans in the kingdom of 

 Achin. He proved a most formidable opponent to the early Portuguese adven- 

 turers. 



(b ) Mansur Shah, is said by some native authors to have been oiiginally from 

 Perak, a state situate on the western coast of the Malayan Peninsula, and ap- 

 pears to have been confounded by Portuguese authors with Sri Sultan Ala -uddin, 

 or, as they termed him, Sri Sultan Alradin. This prince was foremost in the 

 confederacy made by the eastern powers of India to extirpate the Portuguese who 

 had at this time established themselves at Malacca, and gained a firm footing in 

 the Straits. 



Mr. Marsden quoting Diego do Couto and Faria-y-Sousa, states that the king 

 of Achin in conformity with the engagements by which the confederates were 



