Translation of page 4 of the original manuscript.—The first inhabitants of the Island of Sulu were the people of Maymbung.[100] They were followed by the Tagimaha[101] and the Baklaya.[102] Later came the Bajaw (Samals) from Juhur. Some Bajaws were taken by the Sulus and were distributed among the three divisions of the island, while others drifted to Bruney and Magindanao. Some time after that there came Karimul[103] Makdum.[104] He sailed in a pot of iron and the ancients called him Sharif[105] Awliya.[106] The Sulus adopted the Mohammedan religion and brought Makdum to Bwansa.[107] There the Tagimaha chiefs built a mosque. Ten years later there arrived Raja Baginda, who emigrated from Menangkabaw.[108] Baginda came to Zamboanga first. From there he moved to Basilan and Sulu. The natives met him on the sea for the purpose of fighting him. He asked them, “Why do you wish to fight a Mohammedan who is coming to live with you?” He married there.
The commission of Khatib Abdur Razzak.
Translation of page 5 of the original manuscript.—Dated Wednesday, the tenth of Ramadan, in the year “D,” the first, which corresponds to the year 1251 of the Hegirah of the Prophet Mohammed, may the best of God’s mercy and blessing be his. This day his majesty our master, the Sultan Jamalul[109] Kiram[110] has granted Adak an official title by virtue of which he will be known as Khatib[111] Abdur[112] Razzak.[113] This is done in conference and consultation and with the consent of all the people, without dissent.
By the will of God the most High.
(Signed) The Sultan Jamaul Kiram.
[1] See below, p. 148.
[2] The eleventh month of the Mohammedan year.