TRIBUTES PAID TO BRUNEI. 
12.0 
The author of this manuscript is one Yakob, who 
was Data Emaum during the reigns of Sultan Muaddin 
(who was after his death known as Merhoum Bongsu) 
and Paduka Mulana Sultan Kemah addin, by which 
Sultans the facts set forth were dictated; the object 4 
being that their descendants should have knowledge of 
the affairs of their ancestors. 
The manuscript is dated Sunday, 6th day of Jema’ad 
Alachir, 1148 (Mohamedan style), 5 so it is now some 
180 years old. Some of the words used are not known 
to the present generation and in true oriental style the 
writer has successfully buried the real gist of his subject 
amid endless ramifications and, at times, bewildering 
repetitions. 
I am indebted to Inch! Mahomed Zin for the loan 
of the document for many months and also for his 
kind assistance in the translation. 
At the commencement of the manuscript I found 
an entry of more recent date stating that the then 
owner was Juatan All Akbar bin Orang Kay a di 
Gedong Amin Udin of Sungei Kadayan. 
As a literal translation would have been practically 
unintelligible I have thought it more advisable to 
extract the actual information contained in the manir 
4.—The following is the extract from the manuscript referring to the 
object with vhic.li it was written : — 
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5.—The date is'given in the manuscript as follows:— 
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l ..3 A_hi <nnAnd )lp-^, 
p) t ^-plh ^—i) c_JCy jy a-w, I ^pp G jsj I a pi 
a I '-z® c»™5pii—wj p d A —.vc ) pp a pv-i p AA 
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6. — The following' passage refers to the owner of the manuscript: — 
.s.MSp An-G ^3 d'^a^ 
I vj) f # <t,J luX^ttsr^ 
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