1836.] 



Genealogy of the Kings*, fyc. 



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IX, — Genealogy of the Kings of the Mahomedan dynasty in A chin, 

 from the 60i$t year of the Hejira to the present time. Extracted 

 from « Malayan MS. entitled " Adat Achi," usages of the kingdom 

 ' of Achin ; fyc. — By T. J. Newbold, Lieut, a. d. c, 



( Continued from Vol. II. p. 57. J 



IS. Sultan Ali Moghayet Shah. A. H. 1011. After a short reign, 

 of little more than three years, died A. H. 1015. 



19. (a) Maharaj Direm Wangs a Tuan, or Sri Sultan Iscander Mud a. 

 A. H. 1015. Died A. H. 1045. The kingdom of Achin attained the 

 zenith of its power during this monarch's reign. From this time, also, 

 may he dated its gradual decline before the increasing influence of 

 European enterprize. 



20. Sultan Mogul, or Sultan Ala-uddin Moghayet Shah, A. H. 

 1045, son-in-law of the preceding; reigned nearly four years; died 

 A. H. 1048. 



21. Sultana Taj-al-Alum Suffiat-ud-din. A. H. 1048. Daughter 

 and only child of Sultan Iscander Muda, and widow of the preceding ; 

 died A. H. 1084. 



With Taj-al-Alum commenced the celebrated female dynasty in 

 Achin, terminating in the person of Kemalet Shah. 



22. Sultana Nur-al-Alum Nafiyet Uddin, A. H. 1084. Died A. XL 

 1086. During her reign the kingdom was divided into three districts, 

 or Saghis. The first comprising twenty-two mukims, or parishes ; 

 the second twenty-six, and the third thirty-five. 



23. Sultana Mayet Shah, commenced her reign in 10S6, A. H. and 

 died A. H. 1090. 



24. Sultana Kemalet Shah, A. H. 1090, reigned a little more than 

 eleven years. She was deposed in 1101 by her ministers and subjects, 

 in consequence of the receipt of a letter from Mecca, from Cazi Mool- 

 lah-ul-Adil, which declared the rule of females repugnant to the 

 doctrine of the Koran, and subversive of the tenets of Islam. 



(a) According to Mr. Marsden, this Prince evinced much friendship towards the 

 Dutch during the commencement of his reign. In the year 1613, A. D. he allowed the 

 English to establish a factory, with many indulgences ; in consequence of a letter and 

 present from James the First. 



In his answer to James (a translation of which Purchas gives) he styles himself king 

 of all Sumatra. He expressed a strong desire that the king of England should send him 

 one of his country-women to wife, promising to make her eldest son king of all the 

 Pepper countries, that so the English might be supplied with that commodity by a 

 monarch of their own. Towards the close of his reign he grew jealous of the rising 

 power of Holland, England aud Portugal, and attempted to eject all subjects of these 

 nations from Sumatra, 



