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Raja Bako. A says that Raja Bakal himself became king and, quite
understandably, does not mention his appointment by the Siamese
government.
(b) T 40 states that Raja Mas Kalantan governed Patani for a long
time. A does not confirm this.
(c) T 40 states that the next king, Raja Mas Chayam, ruled peace­
fully until his death. A 75—76 says that this king, Baginda, was
deposed and only restored to the throne after three intervening
kings had ruled the country for some time.
(d) In T 41 Sultan Alung Yunus is made a descendant of Alung
Betung. No clear indication of the descent of this sultan is to be
found in A.

The conclusion to be drawn from the above seems obvious: T 1—39
is partly a translation and partly an adaptation of a Malay text which
was essentially identical with our text, and more specifically with version
B. The principles which guided the author of T — consciously or un­
consciously — in editing his Thai text have been set out above. The Thai
text in section 40—43 cannot be as directly related to the Malay text as
represented in A, even though by and large the historical facts covered
by T are to be found in A as well. It is possible, though, that for this part
the author of T had a different version of the Hikayat Patani, or an
altogether different text, at his disposal.

c. The book of Ibrahim Syukri
In his book on the History of the Malay Kingdom of Patani
Mr. Syukri gives a survey of the history of Patani from the early be­
ginnings until the present day. For this survey he has made use of a large
number of sources, both Western and Eastern and particularly Malay,
as is stated explicitly in his foreword and as is also clear from the book
itself. In some cases he quotes his sources literally, while in others
references to other works are not so clearly indicated.
As was explained above, one of the sources which Mr. Syukri has
made intensive use of in his book is a Malay history of Patani, a
manuscript of which was made available to the author.24 In fact, Syukri
uses different names, viz. (Buku) Cetera Negeri Patani,25 and Sejarah
Patani,26 referring to one or more Malay sources.

24 See above, p. 26.
25 Syukri, pp. 25,26.
20 Syukri, pp. 37,55,76.