‘MppEÉlt.
Angka Wij aya.
Champa. Her name ?was Dora Wdtil arid .her eldèst- sister bad been married
to an Arab, byiwhom shri had a shn, named Rdchmat;
:Previous^ howeyer^; to 'this marriage, Angka • Wydyp'B^>.\ said to 'have
had an intrigue with’a woman ofwhom« there are,various account^/.some
describing i her- as • a witch, rersifhng'.taTthe.mountain Rdwu, and-f others: as
a rasaksa. The fruitiofthis- ilHcitConnectioh was' a, son* *•called .4^« Ddmar.
Unknown to his father, this youth dritingufsbed; ^iraself at an early age,
by bringing,together all thé wild.animalsLof thejforest, .as,anraijiusenxentdbr,
the pririoèjandrhis family. In consequence of a n ,^ .h a z a r d o u s ,0he
was firstiappointed chief, of a province,, anddafterwa,rds promoted tq.th^|eom-
mand of an army.proceeding against during a war injv^hich the^forpes
of Mqjapahit suffered-great loss, but werejultimatel-y sucqe§sful;* The- capital,
called Klohgkongi was* surprised-and carried, andthe chief himself->with j.the
whole of his- family,; except ;_one'-sister, put to_the'^p^-.j£^l|hq^eiigg^yery
beautiful, was-, sent toMqjapdhit. ^The risland.iöf^jSófö became trihutary to
Mqjapahit.
Aria Ddmar, on his .return,.presented the-.various,arms, which hadjbeen
taken' as tokèns of his success; and his-conduct -_being^high|yv approved of,
he •'was appointed Adipdti, .or chief, of- Palémbang on Sumatra.; -
diseoatent'of the Efineess^ pfj^Mwïgai stjiJJ. ^qp^jiing^.the TrinBe
came to the resöl&tion of parting Y?ith. his jf!hinhge^gppsQrt,. .an.d<> gayphér
to Aria Ddmar, on condition that he would .not ;cohabitrwith heRuantil^sHe
* The occasion of the war -with J%dli is jthus related ;-^^A^bis p.e^5-the.ro^aïïm!jMhöi
« BMi. Consisted, osf thröe'brothers; the eldest of-wbom-wafe named J\faya Dindima’■ the second,
« JDevia Machuwel, who was the1 chief; and the* youngest, Kabu jWmaitp: 1Katru. Wihaha is
“ said to have been of extraordinary sfzte! and'to hive ’Wd tPnlad? hke.a hog/ devotttjqg the
*• flesh of that animal in great quantity. He was moreover •Tteify'«^icJ;ed: apd destructive,
“ regardless of the rights or property of any one^-^j^h this amount, the.p.^ffile heganae dissa-
” tisfied with his sway, agd his brothers, desirous.of-getting rid.J‘,q|-him,.adtisedy.jgiffl To
" proceed, .to. Majapahit, in order to obtain in’ marriager Lord Jbhgfdttg, of the family' of
“ Browjayo., a lady whom they represented as of a stature similar to his own. The Raja
lt of B a li1, as a further inducement to him to -go,- sent an embassy, to. make the request; but
‘^'Btamj/xya, considering it as the forerunner of war, made his preparations a.ccqrdi^gly,
« He sent for a celebrated painter, 'qamed Sung’ing adi tfama, and putting down the dinien-
“ nous of a large woman,, such as had been-requested, desired him, to paint the figure*i)f -a
“ most beautiful woman of the same size,'and when it was done dismissed the •’ambassddora,
« accompanied by Aria Damar, who had especial instructions to make observations 'of every
r*1 thing"*in Bali, so that the way might be clear' for hostilities, should the same t*.6C0®9
& necessary,”
was delivered < of: fherièhifêb. of iwhachjfshe'i was ■ !then jpfegnant, and that be
-woilld afterwards rear up thejebii^ashist owntf.-, Aria Ddmar/.then; accompa-;
nied-i'fetbfe'i prihcessTand abSufr three hundred^ c h o ^ troopS^given ,to him
'iby4 f&&“Pri^è^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ’ieni:l,£i;rked7far> Rpférnbang, cohere ;he; was }well
reVeive'dand-immediately^pGi^owiedgelf^Sj cbie£-LHe soosyJiow.eYer, bectyne
* involved in a yf&ê-MtUitbCRdmpung.^isites and neighboring i^les^ o£
*éiïrtdd,'the inhabitarii^fhwhich werh continnahyLcommitting;,depredations
imtheiterritorihpf^a^m^S- He.,-proceeded MQA^^Ldmpumg^muntTj,
1 butfib*iibre:he'could-reduce-pt to, 'subj,ection-, internal, commotions obliged him
itorfétürri ïóPalémbang, where^tbelChine^e princess was now^delivered ofi a
soil! föfyhdm-he. gaveithe name oBRdden JPdtah. He. had afterwards, a §m
by’ this* prince^sf-’whom he nriirfed, Rdden Husjm>; that .observing, that the
pètopfe. bï.Balémbcmg disliked-fhe princess,- on accppnt' of.bef.^hinese; extrac-
tinn;jh^tOokufrdm®ii&Qf:the first' famÜies of; the place another wife, whose
sdn «light becomfehis successor, and-resolved to send Raden Pdtah and Roden
iMséiAlóiMcghpdhitl \ \\-ii yO.T :‘A |mtk '• A v .
•U-'MtevAria -Ddmar had resided about' threè.years2a^tPalémbang, Raden
fëdchmat, son.ofi.the .Arab priest who had married onriof the daughters of
the RajatldltChdmpa, arrived*there, being the bearer of letters and presents
fori Mqjapdh.it.- .Rdchmat was then, aboht twenty years , of -.age, - carefully
educated,' and well instructed in the Mahometan religion. .In a, short time
Aria Ddmar, felt inclined to embrace the faith, bnt oiv-account; of the attache
mént-hfithe people ol Palémbang to their ancient wprship. ^e dared not openly
profess'd. Rdchmat remained two months at Palémbang, and then proceeded
od*hiS'voyage to 'Mqjapahit, touching at GrésiJc on the way,- where,he .visited
Sheik Muldna Jomadil Kbbra, a t devotee , who had established, himself op
mnung Jdli, and ,'who declared to him that vhis; arrival at that particular
period had been .predictedby the prophet; that the fall of- paganism was at
hand,* and that he, was elected, to preach, the ^doctrine of Mahomet m the
•eastern , parts of Java, where a rich, harvest'of conversion awaited his apos.
tolib labours. -
14 Arriving at Grésik.he proceeded „to Mcgapdhit, where he was kindly
received by .the, prince, and by hisjelative, the princess o? Champa. Angka
Wijdyct,'. notwithstanding he disapproved of his religious principles, and himself
refused to become a convert to them, conceived such an attachment for
his .person and^such -a respect for his character, that he. assigned to him three
thousand families* and formed an establishment for him at Ampel, situated io
. the
Angka Wijaya.