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S U M A T R A . ooi<br />

The ufurper mounted the throne, by the title of fultan Aladin* at an 's 86 -<br />

advanced period of life. He was originally a fifherman, and afterwards<br />

ferved in the wars againft Malacca, where he fhewed fo much courage,<br />

prudence, and fkill in maritime affairs, that the late king made him at<br />

length the chief commander of his forces, and gave him one of his nearcft<br />

kinfwomen to wife. The monarch's only child, a daughter, was married<br />

to the kingof Johor,1" by whom flic had a fon. The infant was fent<br />

to Acheen to be educated under his grandfather, whofe heir he was defigncd<br />

to be. Upon the death of the king, Aladin at fir ft took the protection<br />

of the child, but foon after difpatched him alfo, and then declared<br />

himfelf fovereign in the right of his wife.']; Having the royal<br />

force in his hands, he curbed the power of the'reft of the nobles, who<br />

attempted to make refinance againft this ftep, and put numbers of them<br />

'•• This name which the hero of the Cru fades rendered famous in the eaft, is common among<br />

the Malays, who pronounce it, Ladeen.<br />

f The king of Acheen fent on this occafion, to Johor, a piece of ordnance, fuel) as for great-<br />

nefs, length, and workmaniliip could hardly be matched in all ChritUndom. It was afteiwards<br />

taken by the Portuguefe, who ihipt it for Europe, but the veflel was loft in her paffage. Linfchoten.<br />

% Commodore Beaulicu relates the circumftances of this revolution in a very different manner,<br />

1 he nobles, he fays, upon the extinction of the royal line, fetting up each their refpeftive

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