Maiapahit.
1334
Angka Wijiya
the vicinity ofSurabdyax where he.allowed'him i thefree Cxercisein.his religion,
with permission te make converts of. those who' wereiiii.elined. i In a
short time Réchmat gained the affection of all those, placed, under him, and
most of them were by dégseés converted to thej faith,-. whence, ha a©qj$ked
the title bf 8énan>- meabingjntfccorcling.Ae some, -‘f .messenger
or he‘ ofvwhom requests are made,-and ;which title,; indifferently .term ed 'Bunan
or'iSft^fe^w,.tlmjS&V*reigliSiief:Java have since, cèntkmed to assume.* As
a-, furthero-testimony -of‘his- regard fpt~Mackmet, -.the prince .of.
gave to.diira in marriage the daughier>ypfhhis first .A/fe>ou, .whdsebrother,
Wila Tf/rf«i-hehad appointed« chief of “PMdn, By this mUei^Pachrmt had
three’ children; a daughter and two sons* who were oafljerwards: appointed
Adipdtis of Bbnahg and Drqjat, now-called Ldsem sea&iSectayu.
The next Arab missionary who .arrived at« Grésik was MuMna-Jshak, the
fèsh'èf of the’ celebrated Sünan Giri^ Thé circumstances. attending. his
arrival, and the establishment of -his son,'«are thus relatèd.
“ Muldna Ishalc, otherwise called Muldna Alul IsIdmt-a&PésbjMalacü,
“ st celebrated Pandita, who had givemhimself upiAo penanfde and- mortificai-
“ tion, having heard that there was.afc Ampel, on, Java,..auprinae «»ho was
"'busily employed in propagating the Mahometan; religion* • and ithat many
“.pefsbhs,.through ’his means, .had embraced the faith, want' and
“ assisted - Sünan Mcihdwn in the- work of: conversion.; .and .having refteivëd
“ hk sanction-to go to> Aö/awMwg««, for the purpose of teaching the Maho-
** metan religion, - there embarked • in- a jprdku-, and sèf jogfbum ^thékSacred
ünissïóiH P
" It happened that at this tame the-' chiefso&vi&alc&Mngm igfé&Üy
“ distressed on account "of his daughter, -who was very^icky arid, whose
“ malady Would-not yield ' to -the power of'iaedicinew One. qight ^^voice
" from heavéhE told him, that i f -he would have his. .cjaughtSF'ispeedily
" recover, he must send her to GiintmgPatulcdng’an, where» there would
** be found a 'Pandita from Sdbrang-, who* would eure her,, .and .afterwards
“ become her husband.
■ <f A storm arising, prdXu in whmh Mo/onolZsAoh had.embarked;was
“ driven dose’ to the foot oii-Günung-PaUeJcdfrg’an, and be- .landed* there,
when the chief having sent his daugher-te the .mountain* .directed that
:\jf the
* Sünan in Ihe Javan language means thé ridgepole of the roof; and tiang the-piHars or
supports of a house/ -The former is the term.adopted by the sovereign!; .the.latterJs .applied to
the common people or men in general.
.the' Pandita might) fbd • ncbriVeyed tbitbej?,4 im? order1 that - the'prophecy
",fi inighhr.be fulfilled^ IMttldmI ^sfcfetfirst '«hgéctèdito ’Tïhdertake the -ctire,
“/ on .-the plea that he wa'Smofcfkilleck ih»medi'ci®e, but at iadt' agjreed to
** cBi^lyy ö.wl'«éia«tioa thah. thc^chféfi-„ wmdd .mmbrace the ‘ Mahometan
“ religion«if ifer-we^e-suecestfuk1 : T 0 "this> tbe latter • consented,' - On- which
“ AsAm^addressing.’A e Chief raaidy' « ï « am. riot« person iskflled -in. medfcinej
“ tinétthec'do I know how toiadmiiïister Itj-bufeif your daughter ■ Would'.bB
V^g'well shethasvnciw'.o.’Hly toj \b-ish 'hérselfisoA Tho-princess "immediately
u «recovered. .Jr
prince.' 'afterwards4 bestbweda.uporivtfee£'^m$ftr b&” daughter , in
" mairiage, airdr shë som acquired. ai'thorough; 'knowledge of the .'tenets:'of
" SiahoïnetanitrrhtQ|
iMftjQn one occasion, when the'prfflacemscsitihig»kifÉh# .ha31> oö audieut»
é hefes» aikïds p f c p iJpimfliff^iW(toffiiniTWijp#ii himTakd^ordifeiadedihim of
** hispromiser.to{be(Wti0.'a!Mahomefany)add.tng that hé!Wastready^tORiöstfucffe
“ him in the doctrine of that'systemu On this'the .prince! beeam&'&tpgryJ»
“ sfiê*taüddcGf h# teaigh^atfertns; lfaltfaKè«49»Mt would^èhéfflge ,^iïsrnreI%ióny
Hfapoisoofetisr had he. spoken, than his mouth wasodüWriedvf 'AVthi(f,r hCw^
yMevef, he .Only be dam®- more exasperatéd?ïandiapproacfetfïg •&&Pan'dila was
u ^gui^sta.strikeshimj w.hen>his‘lcg&^ave way.,underhmi'.and'he''feli fa the
“ ground?:- j«
- '4ï>ThePmdita; reffirning -tici hiksWifej'-took leave’of<heryeKhörtang-lie'r. tc»
" adhere to the roKg'ion.he.had.taught:lifer,.'‘anditellmg hersfhatihemiist nbw
*f ptcWeed upofi the misrion on whichdm^hadtóriginafly embaykedi " Though
M■•’déöfeoTiS'öfi' acébtopanyiflgithim» he 'Vvctlld*öfe<'permif''"heS-. -Aiïër .be Wafs
w gotfêy»the.'la#d'>Wïïs‘*fflieted with a pefetfienee'WMchtcaisried éff great n’um-.
'** bers of the people.
“ ^The prince, greatly vexed,* atid ëfiragédJ'at the' h’ECVöck,thuS ‘madè*'ambng
“ his-’subjeets,** told hia mSbistèr,'that ft tsfttst »1^.-in' eoflsequeneé* ef^his
“ daughter beihg''prëgnant1'by,th!e 'f>i7#S/tó:; ahd fte t, as söön aSthe child
sho®ld?he beftf ife? wab<d‘et€fmitfed'!to:dia%ettw®.y within.’ -d
-r “ Thé Almighty,'höWëyèry1 took thê ^Wld ^üttdef'hist 'êspeCiaP^protectioh,
“ and*lifr'Was safety ■ ébnVêyed”tö'-: trading'* vèSsël,"Where it^-Was
“ | | h twelvcyears c fa g e f when,
“ turning-out a promMtigJ'-boy, she- 'resigned him tö'éffd8feU'il^fe^>teï,rthen
‘‘ called •Sirndw^Aynpel'i for thé purpose of^hiS iréêelvihg !rCl‘igiöQ6:itfet'ruct)ioh.
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