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 HISTORY OF THE MALAYS. S^S Had the orio:inal tribe consisted of mere fisher- men and navigators, their numbers would not have increased so as to give rise to so striking an event in their history. The native details of the emigration, and which I give on the authority of Van der Worm, Valen- tin, and Mr Marsden, are briefly as follow, in the words of the latter, History of Sumatra, p. 3^7 — 329 : — " Having chosen for their king or leader a prince named Sri Turi Buwana^ who boasted his descent from Iskander the great, and to whom, on that account, their natural chief, Demang Lebar Daun, submitted his authority, they emigrated un- der his command about the year 1 1 60, to the south- eastern extremity of the opposite Peninsula, named Ujimg Tanaky where they were at first distinguish- ed by the appellation of Ordng de-bawah Angina or the Leeward people ; but in time the coast be- came generally known by that of Tanah Malayu^ or the Malayan land. which they called Singapura, and their rising con- sequence excited the jealousy of the kings of Mo- jopahit, a powerful state in the island of Java. To Sri Turi Buwana, who died in 1208, succeeded Faduka Pikaram TVira, who reigned fifteen years ; to him Sri Rama Wikaram, who reigned thirteen, and to him Sri Maharaja^ who reigned twelve. His successor, Sri Iskandar Shah, was the last king
 * In this situation they built their first city,