The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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of Majapahit (1329-30). Buana ruled for 48 years and was succeeded
by a son. I will give the story in Wheatley's own words, adding numbers
in brackets :
"According to the Sejarah Melayu, Sri Tri Buana reigned for
forty-eight years and was buried on the bill of Singhapura. He
was succeeded by his son who assumed the style of the J?aquka Sri
Pikrama Wira {2), and is memorableforbis repulse ofihe Javanese
forces of Hayam Wuruk. After reigning for eighteen years be, too,
died and was followed by his son, the Raja Muda, with the style
of Sri Rana Wikerma (3) ....
"The Sejarah Melayu relates that after a reign of thirteen
years Sri Rana Wikerma was succeeded by his son Damar Rajah,
who then took the title Paduka Sri Maharaja (4). He reigned for
twelve years and six months. Malay tradition asserts that be was
succeeded by his son, with the style Sri Sultan Iskandar Shah (5),
but there is reason to believe that this last ruler of Singhapura,
elsewhere known as the Sri Parameswara, was in fact a Javanese
or Sumatran renegade, who murdered Sri Rana Wikerma {3) before
usurping his throne.
In any case, be himself was deposed after a
brief reign and fled with his household, first to Seletar and then to
Muar.
According to Malay lore and one European source the
instrument of his defeat was the Javanese, but according to other
early European writers it was either the T•ais themselves, or one.
of their. peninsular vassals·, who ousted the usurper." · · ·
Other authorities (Sir Richard Winstedt, for example), think the
title of the founder of Singapore was Sang Suparba, a rather mythical
prince of South Sumatra, Of the last ruler of Sipgapore, Wi!lstedt writes
as follows: "The title Sri Maharaja is, however, given in these (Malay)
annals to both the father and son of the Palembang prince Parameswara,
afterwards Iskandar Shah, the last lord of Singapore and founder of
Malacca (1344-1424 A.D.)" We shall see later that Wolters has a different·
theory than those of Wheatley and Winstedt,