coup d'etat in ancient Malay Sultanate (Melaka) Part2

Part2.

Tun Ali bin Mani Purindan is brother to Raja Kassim's mother. As uncle, he couldn't bear to see Raja Kassim who's an able man and fit to be the sultan live as peasant , as compared to the minor king that's being used by Raja Rokan to impose his influence on the administration of the kingdom. Tun Ali had many fiends of Muslims traders who started to frequently harbouring Melaka port. Their numbers were increased from time to time since the conversion of Melaka sultan to Islam. They comprised of traders from Gujerat, Benggala, Bombay, Hadhramaut, Jeddah, Habshah,Persia, Turkey and other smaller states.

Some of the ships of Muslim traders were also equipped with sufficient weaponry for the protection from piracy or any other enemies. Tun Ali met some Arab ship captains and told them the situation in Melaka, the only way to save it is through coup d'etat, considering the current support towards palace had weakened due to abuse of power by Raja Rokan where many ministers and court officials were not in favor with the running of the throne. One ship capatain agreed to the condition if this plan is successful, he wanted the Raja Paraeswara Dewa Syah's (the minor king)mother, the Puteri Rokan, been given to be his wife as reward for his mercenaries. Tun Ali agreeable to that.

At one black night, all the muslims ships crews from Arabs and India assembled at the port of Melaka complete with fighting weapon, Tun Ali and local fighting from those who sympathized with the fate of Raja kassim joined the attacking army. They move in the night to Bendahara Seri Wak Raja residence, with Raja Kassim on top of an elephant they stopped at the Bendahara's main gate. Tun Ali came to Bendahara's house and called Bendahara said the king summons Bendahara ("titah memanggil Datok naik ke gajah!!") to join his highness on the elephant waiting outside the gate at once. And so Dato Bendahara Sri Wak Raja rushed underdressed to the elephant thinking it is the reigning king waiting for him.

To his surprise it was Raja Kassim, not Raja Parameswara Dewa Syah. And he saw many fighting men complete with war gears surround the Raja Kassim elephant. Bendahara understood they all were there to invade the palace and overthrow the raja Rokan's men. Bendahara cannot say much but to condone and saying "Raja Kassim pun tuan kepada kita juga" or Raja Kassim is my lord too.

The attacking party moved to the palace and attacked at once. It were chaos and havoc that night. Raja Kassim ordered the men not to kill Raja Rokan first , fearing his brother the minor king who's always inhis arms be killed if they do anything unto Raja Rokan, but the atmosphere was so noisy with men shouting and fighting. The palace was defended mostly by palace guards and Raja Rokan's loyal men. Some soldiers knowing that this is a coup d'etat by the elder prince, stayed away from the fight and be neutral,

The palace side was defeated and the ianvading fighters did not know Raja Kassim order. They especially those who has long dislikened Raja Rokan's attitude and manners attacked him and had succeed to injure him. Knowing he was inh=jured he then killed the minor king first whilst many tried to take the king away from him but Raja Rokan hugged the king so tightly. With no choice they finished the life of Raja Rokan.. and the minor King was already dead by Raja Rokan's keris.

Tun Ali had selected one beautiful palace attendant to impersonate like Puteri Rokan, and she's given to the Arab ship capatain who has cooperated to bring Muslims trader to join the invading team.

Raja Kassim then succeeded to become the next Melaka king with title Sultan Muzaffar Syah where he is the first to use Sultan as the king title replacing formerly used Raja.. since the use of name Sultan, Islam then was considered to become official religion to Melaka kingdom and later on by all malays throughout Malays Archipelagoes.

Funan - The Earliest Malay Kingdom

I strongly believe that the earliest Malay empire in this region was Kerajaan Funan (Atau Raja Gunung) yang memerintah seluruh Indocina (sekarang Vietnam, Kemboja, Laos dan Thailand), Segenting Kra, Semenanjung Tanah Melayu ataupun Hujung Tanah dan Kepulauan sekitarnya. Hanya disebabkan sekarang masing2 mempunyai negara masing2 dan cuba menghapuskan kebenaran fakta bahawa pada awalnya abad pertama hingga ke tujuh pusat pemerintahan orang Melayu adalah di Tanah Besar sebelum berlaku perpecahan dan peperangan yang terlalu kerap, maka berlakulah migrasi atau perpindahan kawasan kekuasaan atau ketuanan dari Funan di utara menurun ke selatan di kawasan Langkasuka dan Pantai Timur di kawasan Kelantan, Petani, Yala dan Ligor. Disitulah kembalinya bertapak kerajaan Melayu yg runtuh dari Funan, menjadi asas kepada kerajaan Sri Vijaya di mana selepas beberapa tempoh, Raja Jayanasa dengan angkatan tenteranya sebanyak 20,000 orang beserta pengikut dan kaum keluarganya telah berhijrah ke pulau Sumatera di Palembang dan kembali menguasai seluruh kawasan kepulauan Sumatera, Riau, Borneo, Mindanao, Maluku dan Sulawesi. Kerajaan Sri Vijaya dan keluarga diraja Sailendra di pulau Jawa barat mengakui bahawa mereka adalah keturunan raja-raja gunung iaitu Funan. Maka di sini kita dapat lihat kesinambungannya pd abad pertama hingga ke 7, kerjaan Funan yg paling besar dan berkuasa di Asia Tenggara, kemudian setelah ia runtuh, berkerajaan sementara di utara semenanjung sehingga mereka memutuskan untuk menjadikan Palembang sebagai ibukota baru pada abad ke 8 dengan nama baru iaitu Sri Vijaya sempena berjayanya mereka mendapatkan kekuasaan memerintah di Asia Tenggara serta kembali menguasai laluan dagangan yg amat penting antara timur dan barat iaitu Laut China Selatan dan Selat Melaka. Kembali kepada kerajaan Funan, kita dapat saksikan betapa kukuhnya bangsa ini walaupun dihimpit dengan kuasa2 baru iaitu Annam (Vietnam), Khmer (Kemboja) dan Siam (Thailand) bangsa Melayu Champa telah dilindungi Tuhan untuk kekal sehingga sekarang menjadi sebahagian dari masyarakat utama di Kemboja masakini di kawasan Kompong Cham ("Kampung Champa") dan sekitarnya. Merekalah pewaris yang tabah dan kekal di tanah besar Indo China sehingga sekarang walaupun cuba dihapuskan oleh kerjaan Annam dan cuba dihapuskan oleh Khmer Rouge, namun Alhamdulillah ia selamat dan dapat dikekalkan sebagai tanda bahawa orang Melayu pernah berkuasa di sana. Apa yg perlu dilakukan adalah dengan mengekalkan persaudaraan dan saling bantu membantu dengan masyarakat melayu kemboja (champa) ini sebagai saudara kita juga, dengan membenarkan mereka juga berniaga di Semenanjung ini disamping saudara2 yang lain dari Indonesia, selatan Thailand dan juga filipina yg diaku sebagai saudara ras Melayu. Maka boleh kita simpulkan bahawa turutan kesinambungan kerajaan Melayu adalah seperti berikut - Kerajaan Funan 1st Century - 7th Century Empayar Sri Vijaya 8th Century - 14th Century (the longest empire) Kesultanan Melaka 15th Century - early 16th Century Kesultanan Johor Riau 16th Century - 18th Century Colonial Era 18th Century - 19th Century - early 20th century Modern Day Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei sekarang sekian