-:: Having thus detailed the traditions which exist among the Javans respecting the establishment of foreign colonies in the Eastern Archipelago, and brought down this part of the history to the establishment of the kingdom of Majapahit, it may not be amiss to transcribe those which prevail among the Malayus, who, it is well known, endeavour to trace their descent from the Macedonian hero, Alexander the Great. The following account is taken from the Sejara Malayu, or Malay annals, a work written in the year 1021 of Hejirat ::-

-:: It happened that Raja Sekander, the son of Raja Darub of Rum, of the race of Makaduniah, the name of whose empire was Zulkarneini, wished to see the rising of the sun, and for this purpose came to the confines of the land of Hind. There was a Raja in Hindustan, named Raja Kideh Hindi, who was very powerful, and whose empire extended over the half of Hindustan. Immediately on the approach of Raja Sekander, Raja Kideh Hindi sent his prime minister to collect his forces, and marched out to meet him. The armies engaged, and a battle ensued, as is fully recorded in the history of Raja Sekander. Raja Kideh Hindi was defeated and taken prisoner, after which he was sent back to his own country. This Raja Kideh had a daughter: after sending his minister, Perdana Mantri, to consult with the minister of Raja Sekander, he gave her in marriage to Raja Sekander, on condition of receiving three hundred thousand dinars of gold.

Raja Sekander, after tarrying ten days in honour of the ceremony, pursued his journey towards the rising sun, attended by his bride. On their return, however, her father requested her to remain some time with him: Raja Sekander consented and took his leave.

The princess was already pregnant by Raja Sekander, but he was unacquainted with this circumstance; nor was the princess herself aware of it, till a month after her return to her father. At the expiration of her time, the princess was safely delivered of a son, whom Raja Kideh Hindi named Aristan Shah.

Raja Aristan Shah was in course of time married to the daughter of the Raja of Turkistan, by whom he had a son, named Raja Aftus.

After an absence of forty-five years, Raja Sekander returned to Makaduniah, and Raja Kideh Hindi died, leaving as his successor Raja Aristan Shah, who (or rather whose dynasty), reigned three hundred and fifty years. After him reigned the following princes in succession ;

The last of these princes married the daughter of Raja Sulan of Amdan Nagara. This Raja Sulan was the mightiest prince of the land of Hind, and of all the Rajas under the wind.

By the princess, his daughter, Raja Narsa, had three sons:

After a short time Raja Sulan died, and his grandson, Raja Suren, reigned in his place in Amdan Nagara, with still greater authority than his predecessors, and all the lands of the East and West, except China, acknowledged him.

Then Raja Suren formed the design of subjugating China, and for this purpose marched towards that country. Two months he marched on without any obstruction, and every country submitted, till he approached the country of Gang'ga Nagara, the Raja of which was named Gang'gi Shah Juana. Here an engagement took place, in which Raja Suren smote off the head of Raja Gang'gi Shah Juana, whose subjects having lost their chief submitted to Raja Suren, who married Putri Gang'ga, the sister of the deceased Raja.

From Gang'ga Nagara, Raja Suren advanced to the country of Klang Kins, which in former times was a great country, possessing a fort of black stone (supposed to be up the river Johor). The name of the Raja of this country was Chulen, who was superior to all the Rajas of the country lying under the wind. Here another desperate engagement took place, in which Raja Chulen also was killed, and the country submitted to Suren. Then Raja Suren married the daughter of the deceased monarch, and advanced to Tamarak.

He returned, however, to the land of Kling without proceeding on to China. On the return of Raja Suren he founded a city of great size, the fame of which became renowned, and the name of which was Bisnagur (a well known and celebrated city of the south of India), which even at the present time is a great city in the land of Kling.

Raja Suren had by the daughter of Raja Chulen a daughter, named Chandu Wani Wasias, and by Putri Gang'ga he had three sons, one of them named Bichitram Shah, another Palidutani, and the third Nilumanam.

Palidutani succeeded to the government of Amden Nagara, and Nilumanam was appointed to the government of Chandukani : but on the eldest son, Bichitram Shah, was only conferred a territory of small extent, which so displeased the young prince, that he resolved to abandon the country. He accordingly embarked with twenty vessels, fitted out with all the appurtenances of war, determining to conquer all the maritime countries ; but his fleet was dispersed by a storm, and part of them returned to their country.

Bichitram Shah is then represented as arriving in the country now called Palembang, where Demang Lebar Daon, great grandson of Raja Chulen, was chief. Here marrying the daughter of the Raja, he assumed the government, under the title of Sang Sapurba Trimurti Tribuana, and had by her four children ; two daughters, named Chandra Dewi and Putra Sri Dewi, and two sons, named Sang Mutiaga and Sang Nila Utama.

After some years Sang Sapurba was seized with a desire to view the ocean, and went in search of a good situation for a new settlement, leaving the younger brother of Demang Lebar Daon in the government of Palembang; and the fleet being prepared, they set sail from the river of Palembang, and after steering six days and nights towards the south, arrived at Tanj'ung pura, where Sang Sapurba was very honorably received by the Raja, and a thousand chiefs introduced him into the country, seated him on the throne, and honoured him like a prince. As soon as the news of his arrival had reached Majapahit, the Bitara, who was very powerful, came to make him a visit. Sang Sapurba received him very graciously, and gave him in marriage his daughter Chandra Dewi. After this ceremony the Bitara of Majapahit returned to his capital; and it is from this marriage (say the Malayan traditions) that the Rajas of Majapahit are descended.

After a long residence at Tanj'ung pura, Sang Sapurba set out again in search of some other country; but he first married his son. Sang Mutiaga, to the daughter of the Raja Tanj'ung pura, and established him on the throne of that country, giving him a superb crown. After leaving Tanj'ung pura, he traversed the sea until he arrived in the strait of Sambor, in view of the hills of Ling'ga (Lingen). The news quickly reached Bentan, at this time under the sway of a queen, named Pramiswari Sehander Shah. Sang Nila Utama, the younger son of Sang Sapurba, was married to her daughter, named Wan Sri Bini, and afterwards became Raja of the country.

Sang Sapurba then left Bentan, and having sailed for a day and a night arrived at Ruko, whence he proceeded to the point of Balang, and ascended the river Buantan, where it was reported the country was extremely populous. When he had ascended far up the river he arrived at Menangkabau. All the Menangkabaus were surprized at his appearance and the splendour of his diadem, and they all came to inquire whence he came. As soon as they heard of his adventures, and that he was a descendant of Sultan Sekander Zulkarneine, all the chief men of Menangkabau consulted about appointing him Raja, since they had none; and after he had, as a condition, succeeded in destroying an immense snake which harrassed the country, he was unanimously elected Raja by the people of Buantan, and of him are descended all the generations of the Rajas of Pagaruyang.

Sang Nila Utama afterwards quitted Bentan, and founded the city of Singapura, situated on the southern extremity of the Malayan peninsula. This event is supposed to have taken place, A.D. 1160.

The successesors of Sang Nila Utama were Paduka Sri Wikrama, Sri Rama Wikrama, and Sekander Shah, who being driven out of Singa pura by the Majapahit forces, afterwards established the city of Malaca. His successor, Mahomed Shah, first embraced Mahometanism, in the year 1276." — Malayan Annals. ::-