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THE PASSING OF PENGLIMA PRANG SEMAUN
Now, the Shabandar had a brother, and he was
a man of and the Sultan well knew that this
war,
method of dealing with the murderers would not
satisfy him, so he at once created him Datoh
Shabandar in succession to the dead man, in the
hope that the gift of this dignity might make for
the general peace.
The Raja Bendahara, accompanied by Penglima
Prang and his friends, then returned to Blanja.
The new Shabandar had no intention of leaving
his brother's murderers to boast of their exploit,
and, in a very short time, he asked for the Sultan's
to attack them and
permission wipe out the disgrace
of his relative's unavenged death.
The Sultan said the request must be preferred to
the Raja Bendahara, for so long as the Penglima
Prang was in his village he could not be attacked
without the Wazir's sanction. Application was duly
made to the Bendahara, who replied that it woulol
be contrary to custom to attack the Penglima
Prang while living at his door, but that if they
him do what
could get away they might they
pleased.
The Penglima Prang was, however, far too wary
to be lured away from safety, and matters were in
this state when there returned from a pilgrimage to
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