KONINKLIJK INSTITUUT VOOR TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE 857 Royal Tropical Institute; on the cover is the title Hikayat Andalan; received from R. Roolvink on 29 August 1974; I ff. iiv-iiiv: photocopies of two letters from Dr T. Volker of the Planters Comité, at Medan, to Mr. Andreae dated 19 and 20 December 1923 concerning the MS; II ff. lv-16v: Dutch; summary of the text; III ff. 16v-196v: the genealogy of the rulers of Deli; the myth of origin; as founder of the dynasty is mentioned Muhammad Dalik, son of the Hindustan ruler Bahasyid Syekh Maliyuddin, a descendant of Alexander the Great; he sails away and is shipwrecked at Pasai; as a fakir, named Lebai Itam from Keling, he proceeds to Aceh where he is given the title Laksamana Kudbitan for his bravery and is later appointed Gocoh Pahlawan, chief of all hulubalang and ministers; now he defeats Siak, Kedah, Perak, Selangor, and Johor for the sultan of Aceh; with the aid of the rulers of the aforesaid countries he conquers Pahang and brings two beautiful princesses to Aceh, one of whom is married to Iskandar Muda and the other one to himself; at the command of the Acehnese ruler he conquers Kelantan, Trengganu, Patani, Sambas, Timor, Kupang, and Malacca (on 17 Muharam 1619), later on also Camboja; thereafter he conquers Bangkahulu for the Acehnese sultan (the story resembles the exploits of Malem Dagang in the Acehnese hikayat of that name); angry because the latter has his eye on his wife Gocoh Pahlawan divorces her and sails away; he arrives at Kuala Percut near Kampung Sungai Lalang, ruled by Tengku Kejuruan Hitam; after visiting other places he comes back to Percut and marries a daughter of the Kejuruan; after his death his son, Tengku Perunggit, moves to Medan Puteri and resides at Medan Kesawan as ruler of Deli; his son Tengku Penderap moves to Pulau Berayan and uses the title Tengku Panglima Penderap Amir Deli; Raja Karau, an invulnerable and unjust ruler lives here; after the attack by Tengku Penderap, Raja Karau flees to Kampung Lalang; by a ruse Raja Karau is killed and later becomes a crocodile; Tengku Pasutan, elder son of Tengku Penderap, has a son Tengku Gendar Wahid, who has a palace at Kampung Alai; he is succeeded by Tengku Amal Panglima Mengedar Alam Negeri Deli; this ruler signs an agreement with the ruler of Siak; the four suku of Deli are described as the pillars of the sultanate; Sultan Mengedar Alam dies and is succeeded by Usman who resides at Labuhan; he visits Aceh and is later succeeded by Sultan Mahmud Perkasa Alamsyah; this ruler aids the Dutch government in its conflict with the datuk of Sunggal; Perkasa Alamsyah is succeeded by his son Tengku Sultan Mahmun Alrasyid Perkasa Alamsyah, the present ruler (as ca. 1876, cf. Encyclopaedic van Nederlandsch-Indië I, 1917, p.