written (transliterated?) by a Dutchman; Java Malay. The text, pp. 1-33, contains a history of Jambi from Tuan Telani until the reign of Sultan Muhammad Fakhruddin; 1. pp. 1-15: Tuan Telani in Jambi has five hulubalang; one of them, Si Pahit Lidah digs a river in one hour (satu jam) and that is why the country is called Jambi; his astrologers advise the ruler to get rid of his son, so this son is cast adrift and is found by the ruler of Siam who brings him up; when he finds that he is a foundling he sails to see his parents; when Tuan Telani does not want to recognize him, he kills his father and takes his mother and inhabitants to Siam; Jambi becomes a jungle; 2. pp. 15-21: the origin of the ruling house of Jambi derives from Datuk Paduka Berhala from Turkey who comes to rule at Pulau Berhala; he advises his son Paduka Ningsun to take tribute to Mataram each year; Paduka Ningsun marries a daughter of Demang Lebar Daun, settles down at Ujung Jambung, and begets four sons; he is succeeded by his elder son Orangkaya Itam; the latter refuses to make his appearance at Mataram so this ruler plans to kill him; Orangkaya Itam arrives at Mataram in diguise, kills the blacksmith and grabs the keris with which the Mataram ruler is going to kill him and runs amuck at the market-place; the ruler comes to see him and he explains the reason he did not come; the ruler allows him to return to Kota Tua with the keris; back in Jambi he subjugates all the dusun up to Kuala Tembesi; after his death he is succeeded by his brother, Orangkaya Padataran; the latter’s brother, Orangkaya Kamu, sails to Mataram to acknowledge the ruler; he marries there and begets five sons; when Orangkaya Padataran dies Orangkaya Kamu is urged to return but on the way back he dies near Bangka; because the four elder brothers refuse to become ruler, the youngest one is chosen but on condition that he is installed by the eldest brother; from that time the custom that the one who installs the ruler is raja sehari originates; the ruler is entitled Pangeran Rengas Pandak, after the name of the new capital; 3. pp. 21-27: the ruler of Minangkabau has a daughter, Puteri Pinang Masak; she goes downstream to Jambi and marries Pangeran Rengas Pandak; they beget four sons; after the pangeran’s death his sons conquer the inland territory up to Tujuh Kota, Sembilan Kota, and Tanjung; when they arrive upstream the yang dipertuan of Minangkabau installs the youngest of the brothers, Panembahan,