. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. s were taught inBruni it is impossible to state with any tradition ascribes their introduction to therenowned Alak ber Tata, afterwards known asSultan Mohammed. Like most of his subjectsthis warrior was a Bisaya, and in early life he wasnot a Mohammedan, not indeed a civilised potentateat all, to judge by conventional standards; for thechief mark of his royal dignity was an immensechawat, or loin-cloth, carried as he walked by eightyme
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. s were taught inBruni it is impossible to state with any tradition ascribes their introduction to therenowned Alak ber Tata, afterwards known asSultan Mohammed. Like most of his subjectsthis warrior was a Bisaya, and in early life he wasnot a Mohammedan, not indeed a civilised potentateat all, to judge by conventional standards; for thechief mark of his royal dignity was an immensechawat, or loin-cloth, carried as he walked by eightymen, forty in front and forty behind. He is theearliest monarch of whom the present Brunis haveany knowledge, a fact to be accounted for partlyby the brilliance of his exploits, partly by theintroduction about that time of Arabic much fighting he subdued the people ofIgan,^ Kalaka, Seribas, Sadong, Semarahan, andSarawak,^ and compelled them to pay tribute. He ^ Whose descendants are the Malanaus. ^ Cf. Low, Journal Straits Bratich Royal Asiatic Society^ voh v. p. I,from whose article we have obtained much interesting HISTORY OF BORNEO 19 stopped the annual payment to Majapahit of onejar of pinang juice, a useless commodity thoughtroublesome to collect. During his reign theMuruts were brought under Bruni rule by peacefulmeasures,^ and the Chinese colony was kept ingood humour by the marriage of the Bruni kingsbrother and successor to the daughter of one ofthe principal Chinamen. Alak ber Tata is said to have gone to Johore,^where he was converted^ to Islam, given ^ thedaughter of Sultan Bakhei and the title of Sultan,and was confirmed in his claim to rule over Sarawakand his other conquests.^ Sultan Mohammed was succeeded by his brotherAkhmad, son-in-law of the Chinese chief, and he wasin turn succeeded by an Arab from Taif who had ^ This is said to have been accomplished by Alak ber Tatas brother,Awang Jerambok, the story of whose dealings with the Muruts
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