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APPENDIX V a) Captain Macdonald’s letter to the Sultan of Palembang (from Baud’s transliteration, bijlage no. 5) This is an honest letter from our heart, Captain Macdonald, who carries instructions with a letter from the General [sic] in Bengal, Lord Minto, who sets anchor in front of the country of Palembang, approaching the great raja, Sultan Ratu who sits enthroned in the country of Palembang. Following that, we wish to make known that we are to convey this letter personally to Sultan Ratu upon the instruction of the General in Bengal. Raden Muhammad and Sayid Abu Bakar, nevertheless, have told us that it is to be conveyed to the Sultan by Sayid Abu Bakar because we have been asked to wait for two days for this undertaking. Since the sender of this letter is the General in Bengal, what is being conveyed by Sayid Abu Bakar are two letters, four cases of guns and ten chests of gunpowder. Due to that, our request to the Tuan Sultan is that his response to both this letter as well as the letter that is carried by Tuan Sayid Abu Bakar is made to a dignitary who can be trusted in order that we can report to him concerning the Dutch. The command of the dignitary who is our employer is: expel them! In the meantime, whatever the instruction of the Sultan is, in whatever manner it is to be executed with regard to the Hollanders, that is settled. This letter is concluded on Saturday, 25 Rabi’ul-awal [1226] = 19 April 1811 CE. b) Captain Macdonald’s Malay letter (from the transliteration in Baud’s bijlage no. 5) Ini soerat njang betoel darie beta poenja atie—Capitan Machodonal, njang bawa prenta dengan soeraat darie Generaal, Bengala Lord Minto njang belaboe die moeka negrie Plembang, datang sama Radja njang besaar ia-toean Sultan Ratoe njang diatas krossie Radja negrie Plembang—koemmendian darie itoe maka kita kasie taoe soerat njang kita bawa inie sama toean Sultan ratoe [sic], maka pesaan Generaal Bengala soeroe kita bawa sandirie, sama toean Sultan maka kata Radeen Mohamat den Toean Sait [sic] Aboebakar itoe negrie ada banjag jao—sebab itoe kita soeroe ganti sama Toean Saiet Aboebakar bawa inie barang sama toean Sulthan [sic], kerna kita die soeroe brienti doea 370 arie joega dalam inie kerja, sebab njang poenja soerat inie Generaal Bengala, maka njang die bawa toean Saiet aboebakar ienie soerat doca [sic]—senapang ampat peti—obat bediel sepoeloe peti. darie itoe kita poenja perminta sama toean Sultan soeraat jinie, sama soerat, njang die bawa dengan toean Sait aboebakar [sic]—inie kita mienta toean Sultan poenja manjaoot—dengan satoe orang besaar njang bole die pertjaija, njang kita bole kasie kabar sama dia, darie itoe orang Olanda; Prenta orang besar per soeroe kita kasie kaloearkan, didalam itoe apa joega Sultan poenja Prenta, begiemana miesti bekeen, darie itoe orang olanda itoe la soeda abies, Toetoep soeraat inie Arie saptoe 25 arie boelan Rabioel awal [1226 AH].[= Friday, 19 April 1811] 371 ...

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