Majapahit.
A. J*r 1355.*
The soon ’ discovered the hoy was of Arab, descent, and gave' him
the name’of JRddera Pdku,' observing, that he.w6uld- one iday become the'
Angka w#^ ".p&pahi-(that is; the support-nail, ori.’ axie^Mof Java;• her.skbsequemtly
“ gave him" his daughter in marriage.
<(. Rdden Pdku afterwards, accompanied by, Mdkdum.Ibrahim,\ son. ofjthe
« Sixnan,- proceeded on a pilgrimage to’ Mecca'; • but touching at‘ Pets* Ma-'
“ Idea, they .'were'.there; presented to/the great and holyi'teacher, Mulcma
“ Alul Islam, who persuaded -them, instead of] prosecutingntheir voyage,1
« to return to their own country, in order to make converts »andVbec.omfc
“ great and glorious; and. giving to' eachcof. them an Arab.turban and a
‘^lOng gown, at the same.Itime. conferred, upon them the;names of Prrfbu
|« Suswdta and Prdbu Any ah Kramdti. He moreover toMnthem,: on? their
« tbtutn to Gre'sih, to; erect a mosque at Girt. ■
' « On reaching. Ampel, after their return to Java, the SAnan informed
<c R f j j e n V iiln i. that, the holy man, to whom- he had been (presented$a,t-2?'dsi
m; Malaca, was his own father, and that by oheying his instructions ift<b!&dv
it jng a mosque at Girt, he would fulfil a prophepy,' and he and: his compa-
« nion become great princes in Java, j
j « Rdden Pdku then went to Gin, and. having* cleared a spot, ai mosque
p and dwelling were soon erected.' Numerous “proselytes r.being,: attracted
« thither, he was called Prd/fo Satmdtci, and sometimes SusAnan Rdtu.Ainul
“ Yakin, but more commonly Sunan Giri. He was afterwards. appointed »by.
‘f the King of Majapahit to be chief of, thejprovince ofGresik, in<thsf§8Jne
| manner as SusAsan Ampel had been, previously appointed* He,;was-'hbrn
“• A. J. 1855. Prdbu Anydk Kramdtihis., companion, .afterwards-assumed
« the..tide of SusAnan Bimang, under- which .name he was a distinguished
« character in subsequent transactions.”
• In ;the western provinces the work of; conversion was also advancing,
under the .influence of Sheik Ibn’ Muldna, who in A. J. 1834 had established
himself in Cheribon, where he is better known as. SusAnan GAnung Jati, a
name given him on account of his fixing his abode on the hills; so named.
A woman afflicted with the leprosy (a complaint which has beendeclared'incu-
rable) was recovered by him, and thus procured for him the character of being
able to perform miracles. The number of people who in consequence of the
cure resorted to GAnung Jati was so great, that the chiefs, in the first instance,
thought themselves bound to interfere, and did so with the hopes of success.;
but
but finding1 afterwards ithat thpybhauMjRiof. resist vthe tide, many, of them,
among whom were and Limbangan, became
themselves converts tb?>the faithnoo
Whet LémhuPdtaiïg, -son iof » Ahgkm Wÿâya fbyi-th&iPrincesStof iC&fwzpa,
was appointed; to the charge-: of - thé island xof&iMadAm, under (the title! of
P ’àmmbdhan,. the Simon Giri depute'd Sheik Sdrffî ïébhàmbnly Mfled.JBfaSpfer
Rés,en, to. acco'mpanyihim, in lOretenj tb:> make converts:onthat iskmdj . This
missionary.'was, buried, at Ariosi Pdyai where he had' built a mosque, and is
generally known on Madéra by .-the name .of Ptmgévoen. Snrift 5
In the meantime the. nâirne 'o f . Mcÿàpahit stood high among surrounding
nations:; and at no.time: was .the anthority::.o£-.th3t [state^mom extensively
acknowledged. /Some ,disfcm.bariees;. however^ ha’db.sïakên place on Pâli?
promoted..by. Chiefs of districts; who : oppressed their «.subjects,: and interfered
•ygitli the authority .eff eachóthérl. These commotions were exasperated: by
the difScnlties which arose ia-.'collecting the tribute; that the prinfcè was
obliged: td send an- army thither, under the command of Addya Rlihgrdi, the
Adip&iiof \P^angPet^^gingi.ikbó'm0mrëstm^d oTdM andTranquillity. - In*
iiteaSFn for this,.and other feminént.services; he dbtàined in marriage Ratu
Pimpo, the legitimate-daughter- 'öf Angka Wÿâya. Déwa Agung Kâtut, s
natural son of the Prince by the Princess of BdU, being then appointed chief
of that^stands jobShedecfc thither vrith a .^fectfmee,. and continued, tributary
to Meÿapdhi. .uötS its downfall. .
’ [The following account is given- of the further success ©fife Majapahit
arms in the Eastern Seas, under AnddyaJJmgirat, coinmorily known by the
title Of Râtu Périg’gmg, and of -the motives. which induced the Prince of
Mcgapdhit first to give him bis daughter in marriage; and afterwards fo admit
him tora shate iii the goverh«mnti| bn;
i-.f‘ {Ivery tinafe that the Prince of Mqpapdhit received accounts of the suc-
“ cess of Rétu Péng’ging, his alarm and uneasiness increased ; for in «these
“ accounts i f was stated, that be wanted na further.'assistance, akdiéiaef
“ with but little opposition ; all the rajas of Sabrang submitting to him,
“ among whom were those of Makdsar, Góa, Panda, Sembdwa, Êttdé, Pintor,
M 'T&m&té, Sâku, Siram, Manila, and BAmi,Tnshortpbe and his fi»ll#wèrs
“ conquered ' wherever he went, being themselves invulnerable, .ic
et At length rire Prince of MqjapâhitTebàüéctèd that Palêmb&ng: ha'd Hot
*f yefc subKiïtted„a®d in amsésfumm seat ahanc&oandpijpéaéto RatvtPéng*-
“ ging, accompanied by a request to subdue PaUmbang without delay.
von. n. R “ The
Aogka Wijâya.