SUMATRA. 
in the port, no kfe than two were murdered and a third fet up ; but 
allowance llioultl perhaps be made for the medium through which thefc 
accounts have been tranfmitted to us. 
The maternal uncle of Gemal, who, on account of his father's ia-* 
.firmities, had been fome time regent, and had deprived him of the fuc- 
ccilion to the throne, was alfo king of Aru (Ron) a country not far diftant, 
4ind thus became monarch of both places. The caprices of the Pafay 
^leoplc, who fubmitted quietly to his tifurpation, rendered them ere 
long difcon tented with his government, and being a ftrangcr they had 
the lefs compunction in putting him to death* Another king was fet 
•up in his room, who foon fell by the hands of fome natives of Aru who 
jefided at Pafay, in revenge for the affaffination of their countryman. 
A freih monarch was eledted by the people, and in his reign it was that 
Geinal appeared with a force from Bintang, who carrying every thing 
before him, put his rival to death, ajid took pofleiEoa of the throne. 
The fon of the deccafed, a youth of about twelve years of age, made his 
cfcape, accompanied by the chief prieft of the city, named MQulana^^ 
and procured a conveyance to the wefl: of India, There they threw them* 
felvcs at the feet of the Portu^efc governor, Lopez Scqucira, then en- 
gaged in an expedition to the Red Sea, imploring his aid to drive the 
invader from their country, and to eftabliih the young prince in his rights, 
who would thenceforth confider himfelf as a vaffal of the crown of Por- 
tugal, It was urged that Geinal, as being nearly allied to the king of 
Bintang, was an avowed enemy to that nation, which he had manifefted 
in fome recent outrages committed againft the merchants from Malacca 
who traded at Pafay. Sequeira, partly from compaflion, and partly from 
political motives, refolved to fuccour this prince, and by placing him on 
the throne, eflabllfh a firm intereft in the affairs of his kingdom. He 
accordingly gave orders to Jorge Alboquerque, who was then proceeding 
with a llrong fleet towards Malacca, to take the youth with him, wiiofe 
* Msukua \% a woFtl A^QifyiBg i certain rank of the pdcATioodi and liar been miilaken for a 
name 
