M*t4i6™ô' following, he should pay to the Dutch monthly the sum Of twenty
vA.T). 1677. thousand reals, for the expensed of the war 5 that the Dutch should station
Sultan Tegai an adequate force on Japdra hill, in order to preserve that^phcfe' fbr
the Susunan, which force1 was also to be maintained at the- expensed|his
highness.
Admiral Speelman was invested fiyth e Srnûnm with full powers, to:;act
against the Madurese and Makâsars,» andthem
as he shoidd deem proper, without any restriction whatsoever, and ail
the Susûnan’s subjects wére commanded to join the standard of thé admiral
wherever he might arrive.
• • In May following, the allied forces of the Dutch and-the* Susûnan.:ga.meà
a victory over TrûnàJéya, who was obliged to fly to Aed/n,- leaving behind
him upwards of a hundred pieces of; cannon,
A t length the enemy being still in possession of all the central provinces,
and the trifling force which it was in the power ofthe- Susûnàn to raise being
defeated in every skirmish, fear and1 dismay ' struck the remnant ‘'blithe
Matdrem forces ; and the invading army having ■ subdued _ Bdjdngjwere
entering Matdrem, when the Susunan, seeing no hope for, saféty .exéèpt^in
flight, assembled his family in the dead of the night, cnducqllecting the
regalia quitted his capital with his four sons, and mounted- onîÿft'ëlëphant;
took a westerly direction. ! This was in the Javan* year '16,00.- ' '
On the next day (June 1677)» the hostile troops entered Matdrem], whena
force was immediately detached in pursuit of •the^Eugitiveopriùce^W'bo'rhad
pushed ori to the Kéndarig hills, and halted at Kdjinar with an inténtibJir.ôf
making a- stand.- T Hearing of the strength* of'the "pursuing force,'^however,
hé left his family at that place, and -proceeded* with ionly his'son,* the
Pangéran- Adipdti, to the village Pasirdmàn, where being seized»» with - a
mortal complaint he soon died. On Ids deâth-hed informing his son that, he
felt his end approaching, he' thus: addressed him, You must- assyume
the sovereignty of Java, which hasi descended to you from your fore-
“ fathers. Make friends’ with the Dutch, and by their assistance you may
“ be' enabled to reduce the easiem provinces to submission. • I deliver;qver
“ to you part of the saicred pusdka and regalia of the. country} and npw
“ let my body be carried to a'spot where-the earth is fragrant, and there
let it be buried.”
In conformity with the wish of the deceased, bis body was carried across
the' country towards Tegdl, in search of a spot where the earth was sweetscented,
Scented;'nnd deposited .'a féwimilés'inland: from the. town. The tomb is £
t^SBtlïeld *&dhigh'-veSaerationlj and; it».is from this circumstance that .this
prihéé is distinguished 7by - thgo^ppeUatron ■ of» SusüiMmtTegdfewdng’i, or
-Tégdl-tirumI drum .ahdSwdrcg^signifying' fragrant.
-"The rebei'fdffees had, in . thé mean ‘time,, taken possession, of Matdrem,
andufoühd^ among^thé-ïarticlesirof. plunder» thé. crown ©£ Majapdhit, .with
.several 'othèr' parts 'ofjthe regalia, which-had been* left' behind, in the hasty
departure ï<Éfth'ë}|itince? together with'-two'of his daughters, named- Keleting
>Jtfdrighi*and i Relating' ÉMing."' The plunder was immediately dispatched to
Kediri, whëré ' thè rebêlrnhiêfs had established their head quarters, and
iegiiaity) divided.between Tr&ng '.Jdya ind Kraïn Galéhgsong, with .the exception
ofcthe regalia and of the ^daughters ihfethe Susünan whom Trüha Jdya
ësgóused.. - - -.
rXThe.lossthomthe-side of the Matdrem people».is• estimated at fifteen ’
thousand killed, and on the side-of the easte’rn people at somewhat lés&dpq
It is said in some accounts, , that the late Susünan having failed-to persuade
his 'imyiPangérdh^Adipdti, to assume the -government, gave to another of
hispsbnsi^Banger an- Pügar, the pusdka rkris,. mcdsa nélar,^ and- the spear
■ kidi paléret, inconsequence; of .which Pangéran Pügar, ' with his brothers,
returned to Bdgelen; where assuming, thé titleiof,Susünan Senapati Ingct-
Idga Abdul Rdchmen Sahtdin Panatagdma, he assembled a considerable force,
and:.prqcseedihg do . Matdrem regained possession of it.
After.’the» interment’ of.the-deceased Susünan at Tegdl, Mdrta.TAya, the
chief- of. that province, urged »the Pangéran Adipdti to. assume .the governm
en t ,énd. first :tó; establish himself oat Tegdl, until, he had .collected a
•sufficient*force;to attack the. eastern people, offering his services, to 'collect-
for him as many people -as. would be.teqüired ;, but'the prince stfll.declin.ed,
not! having the courage*, to attempt. • the * recovery:, of dhe authority: that
belonged to his family, and: requested' Mdrta Ldya to ■ procure < for. him a
vessel, in rwhich he.'might pioceèd tó Mecca; being ; resolved to relinquish
for ever the cares of government and to become s. JTdji, . Mdrta Ldya,
although he had vessels i at his 'disposal, ; evaded a compliance with the
prince’s request, in. the hope that‘Be might alter, his resolution, and still be t
induced to assume the .'government. The prince retired to • Bdnywnas,
and performed a penance .intone; of the mosques. He is said on the
seventh day to have; fallen' asleep, and to. have dreamt “ that the :roof of
“ the mosque opened, as if it were carried up in the air,. when a full and
“ bright
. J. 1600
. D. 1677