A TRANSLATION OP THE KEDDA ANNALS* 
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Tn course of time the young prince Raja Pra Ong Maha- 
wdngsa grew up to man’s estate, and it behoved the Raja 
his father to select a wife for him. He was very accomplish¬ 
ed, of courteous and insinuating address, condescending, affa¬ 
ble and humane. Me was instructed in ma T, lv exercises, and 
used to run tilts on horseback ; he and Raja Bulu Bittong 
encountered thus each other in sport, being both armed with 
the lance and spear. Tt.ey ran races on horseback also 
along the sands on the sea shore north of Kwalla Muda. 
Both of the youths were soon married, the young PraoVig 
Mahdwangs& to the daughter of a Raja (no name] and the 
other to Putn Salo-ang. The prince staid with the Raja in 
h's new fort, and Bulu Bittong had the old fort of Raja 
Bersiyong given to him by the Raja for his residence. Thus 
all was happily settled, and the people flourished. 
In the mean while Raja Praong Maha Potisat directed a 
party of men to go and select convenient spots towards the 
cast and the N. N. W., as he wished to build a fort and 
palace for his son Prao*ng Mkhawangsa, and for Raja Bulu 
Bittong—but distant or apart from the river Kwalla Muda, 
for said he, I am getting old and infirm, and cannot perform 
what I have a mind to do while my four mantris (ministers) 
have become weak from age like their master. But before the 
Rajas order could be carried into effect the queen died, and 
was laid with all the solemnities due to deceased royalty, at 
the upper part of the river of Pulo Tig a —where a mau¬ 
soleum with ornamental pillars, or kachapuri, was erected 
over the remains. 
All was then grief and lamentation in the palace. Not 
long after this event the four mantries one after the other 
sickened and died, which oppressed the Raja and his son 
with fresh grief. The obsequies of the four mantries having 
been performed by the Raja and his sou in the manner 
befitting their rank, the Rajk raised their sons respectively 
to the rank cf their deceased parents. 
When the Raja’s grief for these losses had somewhat 
subsided, he abdicated in favour of his son Praong Maha - 
wdngsd ; and directed Raja Bulu Bittong to look out for a 
place where he might erect a fort, and reside for the future. 
This chief left accordingly with a regular establishment of 
officers and men. Soon after his departure haja Praong 
Maha Potisat sickened and died—and was laid by the prince 
and officers of state with all due solemnity and magnificence; 
■So Praong Mahawangsa assumed the reins of government. 
Now Raja Praong Mahawangsd was much addicted to the 
