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 SĚLĚSÎLAH (BOOK OF THE DESCENT) OF THE RAJAS OF BRUNI.

This is the history of the Rajas who have sat upon the throne of Bruni —Dar ul Salâm (city of peace)—according to their generations, to whom descended the nobat nagâra (royal drum) and gunta alâmat (the bells, an emblem) from Johor—Kemal ul Mekam (the royal place): they also received the nobat nagâra from the country of Menangkabau, that is to say, Andalas and Saguntang.

The first who held the sovereignty in the city of Bruni, and who introduced the Mahomedan religion and observed the institutions of the prophet, on whom be peace, was the Paduka Sri Sultan. (See Note I.)

Before his time the country of Bruni was Kâfir (gentile) and a dependency of Mĕnjaphait, but at the time of the death of the Batâra