Ablaut twelve mouths after .iris jèttirn to Bantam, where, he assumed'â-bè
tsbigT authority,. Hasen-u-din went 11 over to the Lampùng country ill
Sumatra, accompanied by Pcmgéran Bàlu, a chief of Puh,ngldmttg,Ad&
proceeded as far as Indrapûra, where he married tithe daughter ©Müë
Bafa as his second wife. Chi .this occasion it is: said that the1 Bénoóólen
rivdr; was- fixed upon as the boundary of.-his'possessiöïis in that direction ;
but itj(®5es .met appear whether,, by this new bbufidary^-his possêSâfènfc
because teore extended or more, circumscribed than"before. • '
; During tfig whole of his progress.fipom. Tulangbdxvang to Indrapdra, it is
said that the sword was never out afi the scabbard. It-isj therefore-probable^
that his title-to these more distant regions-waS-foandd^uphn-’ some- previous
claim, ahd 'either, that -the Bampurig\'c'duratry.vteas.transferred to’his father,
Sheik Mulana, along with the Alenangkâbaûlris,!'. or'that Palembang^Sud thé
southern part of Sumatra might have devolved tp-JBantam,. in}ie®QSe<jaence
qC Hdsen-u-din’s marriage with; the daughter .afaltdden Pâtâk, who h'dd'then
assumed theisovereignty of Java and its. cfejfendehciesU'i j
■ -Oh Hdsen-u-din’s return from Indrapûra, asseimbied^aofapgiè fe#y 3 è?
men, principally from the south era ^districts .of Sumatra,- an dfr marched
gainst Pdlcuan Pqjajdran, theL chief of whieh^withobfau folfewersj Is till
adhered to,the ancient faith,,-apdiattacking .that, .bapttal.^fr, ràicMghb'kfoMi-
pletely annihilated its authority, i - On this aecasitm^Krawdng isiSaidHo^ave
been fixed as the boundary between the possessions ofiJSMh-Muldna‘
Cheribon and those of .Bantam^ there being at-.-that~time non intermediate
power.1
. The manner in which this ane'ieht capital-wasvannihilatedi.-isidesèrihed
with great minuteness, in the different traditions a f i î h e -peóplè, and
thn descendants of those who escaped and continued:.40' adhéré to1 theft
aboient faith, are to be traced in thé districts of.-Bantam, where•> they? still
continue distinguished from the rest of the populatien^under tbe desighation
pf BedmA
Am®Én
* Known by the name of Kemdndang.
+ T h e - a r e to be found at three different places in Bantam. A t Gummg Pexahiang,
where the chief is called Girting Pohon, there are twelve families ; at Gunung Pwrang/mjang,
where the chieFs name is IVanlelang, there are forty men and women ; and at Gjdiimg Bung-
bang, where the. chief is called Kiting, there are twelve families: In the Rmayans, ' the name
glven t0 the'place in which-they respectively reside, this exact.number is constantly preserved;
by the removal of any increase that may occur, and by supplying any deficiency from those
without who have not embraced the Mahometan faith.
The
A m o n g r th e a rt i c l e s ir'em o v ed ilfiiom MajapdMl, a n d is ta ll,p r e s e r v e d w ith
s u p e r s t it io u s v è n e ra tio n , • wa^ji t ji e <pastêhan, o r h a ll o f a u d ie n c e , a l a r g e
< building,
The history of these people, who consider themselves as descendants of Prabu Seda, th|r;
last chie^.of^H^uj^an,,:is-intinjalRyionnected witfijthe. period of which ;we areTnpw treating,
and .with the establishment of; Mahometism in the western dtótPjcïs-. The origin of the Bedui
'is thus related, i; -1
l i‘ During' the reign tff ’PratP'Sedai, thé last prince of Pafajarm, h è was informed that a
“i .céttain recluse, named!*iSeda • Sakti, had an incesfuious -intercourse with 'hisi sister, and
“ determined fo-pnnish^him for-tlmsjwmging,disgrace upóji,-,tlie <^oup,try.;.,the man pleaded his
“ innocence to no purpose, and' wasvput to death by being, pressed beween two large logs of
ftiwood, nrrartrosly making a stipulafion,-irowKwas, deemed' reasonable, enough, and which
f^Sbtaihed hoi^urre'nce of'all present, thatL i f he had adiu&y "bééH güiliy of the
‘“ 'crime laid to his'charge, his•Se^^nijailtslmi§hf lose 'th’^ir-feligioft a id liv’d ïh'ïtffe'low lands ;
ifsnot,Itllat1 Prabu S&fajrwith fi^fttfotileB ,ancl‘ court, -might 1;los'élïh*eir religion and place, of
._ty<rè]sMen’cé, 'and become for siavefei: and as a-sign th at this stipulation, was approved and
‘I ratified1,from, oh -high1,1 Immediately ithe sun was eclipsed, the fain, descended1 in torrents,
“ "ïlfé thunder1 roared, the earth shook', and under thenpoutitains were heard sounds like the
“ dkcRafg'e o f 'grtfat guns.' '
PrtlÈa, Secla/ wÜo resided with his people a t Gi&mg Pulusarifhl the
gjfegeriod whA'.i^e'.Mahome’tanh-élfgion^ wak^mijb t o 'lïê in‘tWduc^,1fippfeiéndfecltithe coanse-
^ f e ^knifes.o’figfe stipulating mhi|e with Seda Sa^tg,, and1,determining jjot to change his anoient
« faith Vi'«®y account, jfflq u itte d , th e .place in. s'eorö, leaving ,Ms .pêrnjle,'iff whom eight
^ h .d g d re d j who were holy men,' w g d iin ^ a rc h of him in ^vMnd aiModyt mUyije'd ’fo^deplore
i2*,^-1qSs.’
hiT&enlfiiamsubieqdeStly.feT^ h n with these .eight 'hradredl?ec/«S<fc an&febnyfèKecl tben}>''He
afterwards invaded Pajajaran.-' 'Q n 'h is return to / ’n te a rg 'fi^ ^ s ^ E U s tom e d to come down' to
Strong twice-in .seyen^days’ to sell fruit,1 and in tlie 'course of time he, 'hecaino. apguamted with
ièvery thing relative to the people of Bmstann He afterwards subdued Girang, the ancient^api-
tal, situated a few m fep ^ lS n d ’of Svrtöig, oftwWc1r|U:he rums aré sfalfóyé i^ .^ more b y means
inllellnrersion than' by a r t ^ and,, "when firmly established Prabu SeSa^andlhis cmlaren, who
mib^come converts]|were'thereput toJth ^w o rd :
'phe Bedui are tRé' de s cêfidants of thbse who on of Ptgojarag ,escaped in© jh e woods,
and who reiused to change themrejigion, reihaining^ifnily attach ed, © ^Öiaf oS-Prabu Seda. There
is a tomb of one'of them which the^-hpl’d-sacrfecij-and which they will n j^ jfi^ ^ ijy 'o n e but themselves
to approach, eVenlto this'dSyl''" I n after times, when © e ^ i ^ t ó b jg i t t e d to the Sultanpf
Bantam, and sheweü noAispositich ©"onpoBe^the-MaH^aetans,'1 they w|re exempted from the
necessity;óf becoming coiiv^^^mpön'’Üi^l&'hftiti"^j>'at^p^6^^©e^^®3ed, that ©e number
in each Rcttuayan allowed to profess thtFancYenrworelnp^nomd'm^imited.* .
Whenithe^Mahouietan religion became &aore generally esta^l)sllS4>, i? was.dectaiied that all
.those peo p ^ who should n ó ï have embraced the faith before a Gej,tain*d|.yj^^'!ildi>
descendants, be considered as o u t< a^ tS'p p '^% j o>y W ^ rf e o j : i^ n ^ ^ b e > e 0^ 1e termed
and who are quite aiotihöfe&ömr|he Bedui,
The name, however, given in the S u n da traditions to the last chief o f P a ja ja ra n , is S i la
W a n g i ; and it is from some of his original adherents, who became converts to Mahometanism^
that