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ancc of B&nt&m a conquest was made of the lower country, which 
however appears to have been of short duration. I shall not attempt 
to follow the history of Plembang through the 17th century ; very 
few authentic accounts have have been preserved relating to it. In 
the year 1660 the town was laid in ashes by the Dutch. 
The events which occurred at Plembang soon after the commence¬ 
ment of the 18th century, being in immediate connection with the 
affairs of Banka, deserve to be concisely mentioned. About the year 
1720 a civil commotion occurred at that capital which terminated, 
by means of the interference of the Dutch, in the establishment of a 
prince on the throne whose direct descendants have retained the go¬ 
vernment to the present time. It is not probable that any docu¬ 
ments have been preserved of the events which accompanied this re¬ 
volution, and the relation depends on the traditional reports which 
have been preserved among the inhabitants. 
At the death of the prince Susunan Ratu, surnamed Tshandi- 
walang, which, according to the genealogy preserved at the capital, 
occurred in the year 1710 , the kingdom was divided between two 
sons: Mahomud Mangsur, the elder, resided at Kebbongedde, Ills 
brother Sultan Kama-rudin , with the title of Sultan Agong, occupi¬ 
ed the town of Plembang, which is now denominated Plemhang- 
lamd, as the residence of the sovereign and of the greatest portion 
of the inhabitants have in late periods been removed above their for¬ 
mer situation. The site of Kebbongedde is still pointed out beyond 
the present capital. 
Sultan Muhamad Mongsur before his death, ceded the kingdom 
to his eldest son who assumed the title of Sultan Anom. Some 
dissention soon occurred in his family, which gave rise to com¬ 
motions which were followed by a general revolution. Raden Lam - 
bu, the Sultan’s younger brother, of a restless and enterprizing dis¬ 
position, deserted the capital and visited the neighbouring kingdoms 
of Johbre, Tringano and Siam. He married at Sidnten, and at his 
return founded on Banka the town of Minto as a retreat for the re¬ 
lations of his wife. Having proceeded to the capital he executed 
those projects which had previously been formed to obtain possession 
