Majapahit. assistance from that state and of reconciling Aria Damar to the part which
A. J. 1400. , . . . . , I ■ ' ■ "• 9
— he was now taking against Husen.
**" To the latter part of the message Aria Ddmar replied, “ that it was -the
“ will of God to extirpate paganism, and to establish the doctrine of
“ Mahomet; that therefore, if Hdsen, who was a Mahometan, -still. conti-
“ nued to assist the infidels, he must abide by the consequences,: apd that
“ he, as his father, would in such case take no vengeance far,the death of
“ his son, should it ensue.’
The confederates gaining courage from this support, the several chiefs
sent numerous troops to Demd/c, and a second army was soqn assembled.
The overthrow of the ancient kingdom, if we are to. b.elieve0,the Javans,
was not to be effected by human means alone, and supernatural expedients
were resorted to. Aria Ddmar is said to have sent to JRdden Pdtah the box
which had been given him by his mother before he quitted Java, directing
him to carry it to the wars. Sienan Griming Jati sent him a baju rdntri, or
chain jacket, with an injunction not to open it until the engagement was at its
height, when thousands of rats would issue from it,- and assist in putting
an end to the struggle. Sunan Giri contributed with the^agie instructions
the sacred kris, from which a swarm of hornets was to issue ; an&Stinan
Bonang sent a magical wand or cane, which, in cases of extremity possessed
the power of producing allies and warriors on all sides.
Thus provided, the Mahometan army took the- field .under. Pangercm
Kudus, son of the deceased Simon. The progress, of .the confederates is
thus described.
1 “ The army of the faithful, highly elated and determined upon • the
“ downfall of paganism, were met by the united forcgs.of Majapdhit, under
b Hrisen, and a severe and desperate battle took place, which lasted for
“ seven successive days. In this protracted engagement the former were
“ at first worsted but the commander, Panger an Kudus, availing himself
“ of the enchanted box and miraculous weapons, at last succeeded in driving
** the enemy before him, and the city of Majapahit, surrounded on all
“ sides, submitted to the hostile forces, the prince and his immediate followers
“ having previously quitted it in disorder and fled to the eastward.” „
Thus in the year 1400 fell the great capital of Java, the boast and pride
of the Eastern Islands: thus did the sacred city o£ Mqjapdhit, so long
celebrated for the splendour of its court and the glory of its arms, become a
wilderness. “ Lost and gone is the pride of the land.”
The
-L rphe main fofce of th^t®esurem£fcfed'!at'i(fffi;ap'dAf#'j, but P anger an K-üdus |||s|9B
proceeded to Trong^MthhilMse^shaA retreated, raising combatants, by
nfeans of the magical wandfóf Sünan, Bóqang, as -he advanced1.!-" Here he
attacked Husen, who had entrenched', himself in a.gtxong position^.and
goón carrieifrhis^iïfès:- '.That chief-imföediately ^apkhowlêdging Ms defeat,
entered into terms, and accompanied Üie PangérmtojDemdJc, taking with"
him hi&principa^,follq^éf?s^ ^ ^ g ^ f e Y ^ ora Pdtah was^ allowed to
dispose o ^ H e was weli/received^ and his daughterigiyenrin marriage to.
Pangérari Aria ófkTübanï " 1
WfQh their waylPangérdn Kudus' and XHüsèri wenf^td' Majapdhit, whetfdto
the regalia had already i^eenVenmVe'd %6 Demdk, ai^d 'assisted injffie further
removal , of all property, public and private, ^ e^e^description: so that
in-the course of two years:the,country was, entirelyJaid, waste, 4402.
Kedélang sima 'wamdni nagdra
. g, .:1 - 4 ; »>?§>;'■ }' y
To beieefi-’-noUght farm 'c i t y . * 1'
. .Nothing
* The following ac'cóant o f t e grëat'capifölv and ‘of thëcountfj? in' general,'“is 'given by the’
Chinese • it wS^feiished by BimWham-pitga. ^ i Q foSmany generations
bêU settled on Java? and ti^lhffed i^Brfgfeh b^Mr.^rawf&djfWKen Resident of Surabaya^
A 'Extract from a Cfiinese'Mok Btin-kyan-tbng-ko, printed at^<m.!bne hundred and five
,« years-ago, in the reign of the Emperor Bang-he, aid compiled under the direction öf h& minis-
^ te is 'T y h È a g ,0 Öngtiun-Cfiih} O n g Tam, Tyniyon'g^wkii, ’enddthersi 1
^ t t e L i s H i L oriiÜajan^sa, fó ^ e r ly calfed y a coast ^ i t ^ r ê ^ . a ,
by w h l t f l l ■ ,
H S ] the, reitó^öfithe, Emperor H u t^t-tya i,~ cd p ^a sn d f of G m a n ^ -n a , ltw^d esya b ed
u "as 'being1 bounded nttihe following m a n n e r to the east tiy ko-l^in^ to the west b y Sqm-lu-_
to.thejnortb by Ko-ta-sit, and to the south W^am-iSy«. % |(, •
J"^S u b "ie c t \o "th is country of Cha-po- aTe'SoÊt-tan, Ta-pan^ Ta-fiftng, 'SSI2M
^com^tries., -j~ ‘-v .
* « In coming from CKwan-cha (Emftj) by sea one first tn'Aes Cfeam-^a.^ . , ^
i « The people of that country are of alstrange appe^ance, and
‘ ggrnW, j i a b f t s j i
.* Jaw-wa became first knowntp, ^sovereigns of China in the reign of gaow-GiLj/anjr,‘ o t
“ the dynasty Song.f T-be,intercourse was ^ howejyeij afterwards interrupted, ^ >rJj ,
<f After this, in the reign of Tyo-kong-in, of the family of the king of Jaw-wa, whose
«fe name was Bak-lo-bha, sent an embassy vdth gifts to the Emperor of ^
« The i n t e r n e was again renewed in the reign óf Tt/o-%ai, at * e sa ^ fgm ily , when th e
^.Javans sent a mission with gifts to China,
“ Afterwards,
t “ Eight «'Thirteen hundred1 and ninety-four years ago.” hundred asd fifty-one years ago.“