Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c14.t2.19

v2.c14.t2.19

‘The Sultan of Samudra had a nephew (brother’s son) who married his daughter and was appointed governor of a province. This nephew was desirous of marrying the daughter of an Amir, but the Sultan chose the girl for himself. The disappointed lover waited for his opportunity. Once the Sultan had gone to fight the infidels, who lived at a distance of about a month’s journey. The nephew entered the city of Samudra, which had no walls, declared himself the Sultan, and was accepted as such by one section of the people. As soon as the Sultan heard of this revolt he marched towards the capital. His nephew, however, took as much money and other valuables as he could lay hands on, and the girl of his choice, and then took shelter with the infidel king of Mūl Jāva. The Sultan now built walls round the capital city to guard against future revolts of this kind.’