Translations from the Hakayit Abdulla, with comments by J.T. Thomson |
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Page 9
... Spanish dollars . Now just at that time my father was very busily engaged at the resi- dence of Mr. Adrian Kock , so that the skipper waited on till evening . So when I came out from the inner apart- ment , I asked of him , as is the ...
... Spanish dollars . Now just at that time my father was very busily engaged at the resi- dence of Mr. Adrian Kock , so that the skipper waited on till evening . So when I came out from the inner apart- ment , I asked of him , as is the ...
Page 24
... Spanish dollars , a little over £ 2,000 sterling . Valentyn calls the rampart along the river St. Domingo , and on the sea - side Taypa , stretching towards Fort St. Jago . Adjacent to the church on the top of the hill he mentions the ...
... Spanish dollars , a little over £ 2,000 sterling . Valentyn calls the rampart along the river St. Domingo , and on the sea - side Taypa , stretching towards Fort St. Jago . Adjacent to the church on the top of the hill he mentions the ...
Page 61
... Spanish dollars . On this the Pangeran returned home . Then in the morning Tuanku Penglima Besar was again sent for , and on his arrival Mr. Raffles gave him four hundred Spanish dollars for the expenses of himself and companions ; and ...
... Spanish dollars . On this the Pangeran returned home . Then in the morning Tuanku Penglima Besar was again sent for , and on his arrival Mr. Raffles gave him four hundred Spanish dollars for the expenses of himself and companions ; and ...
Page 141
... dollars , himself adding from his private purse the same sum . Then he asked , with a smile , what the Sultan would ... Spanish dollars . Then , when this had been settled and the money collected , which was reckoned up by Mr. Raffles ...
... dollars , himself adding from his private purse the same sum . Then he asked , with a smile , what the Sultan would ... Spanish dollars . Then , when this had been settled and the money collected , which was reckoned up by Mr. Raffles ...
Page 202
... Spanish dollars , and to the Tomungong 700 dollars monthly . The Company will further give you now 30,000 , and the Tomungong 15,000 Spanish dollars ; and if you wish to leave the place for another country , you will get as a present ...
... Spanish dollars , and to the Tomungong 700 dollars monthly . The Company will further give you now 30,000 , and the Tomungong 15,000 Spanish dollars ; and if you wish to leave the place for another country , you will get as a present ...
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Abdulla amoked amongst appears arrived asked Bengal called Campong Glam Captain carried Chap Chinese Christian clever cloth Colonel Farquhar Cornhill Crawfurd Crown 8vo custom Demy 8vo dingan durian Dutch East India Company Edition elephants English European father fire Gazette gentlemen give Governor hands heard Hindoo hundred Inchi interest Jakuns Java Javanese Kling labour letter live Lord Minto Mahomed Mahomedan Malacca Malay language ment missionaries morrow native Orang Laut ordered Pahang Pangeran pantun Paternoster Row Penang Pengulu Price prows races Raffles Raja remained replied returned Rhio ryots sailed seen sepoys ship Singapore Sir Stamford Sir Stamford Raffles slavery slaves Spanish dollars story Sultan and Tomungong Susanan Syed Essen Tanjong Kling tell thought told took translation tribe tropical Tuanku Long Tuanku Penglima Besar various vessel vols wife writing
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