The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-12

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said to the people who met him, where
do you live and where is your place of
prayer7" All the people said. an Buan-
sah." Then said Abubakar came ashore
a long white robe, began to say his pray
ers. The Moros, thinking him crazy,
were frightened and wanted him to
AT sunset said Abubakar, attired in
at Buansah.
sRD PERIOD.
At sunset said Abubakar, attired in
long white robe, began to say his pray
ers. The Moros, thinking him crazy
were frightened and wanted him to
go to another place. But he said thai
he had come to Jolo purposely to tell the
people that there was God, and to teach
them how to pray to him. The Moros
asked him, "Who and what is God and
how does he look ~ but said Abubakar,
81 cannot tell you, have not seen him
myself, but He is God, for He made all
the world and all there is in it." The
Moros were unconvinced and they told
him he had better go to some other place,
but he persisted and finally obtained per-
mission to instruct the children. He
made great progress with the children
and finally the older people became in
terested. At Abubakar's suggestion
mosque was built at Buansah, and he
taught the people the Arabic alphabet, by
means of which he said they would be
able to talk to each other on paper. Soon
he sent to his country for Korans and
taught all the people how to read the
Koran and the laws. The shore people
were soon converted to Mohammedanism.
| The hill people were still unconverted
The coast people said, Lets fight the
hill people and convert them to Islam. "
But Abubakar would not allow it, and
instead told the people to pound rice
and make cakes and clothing. Then the
coast people marched inland to a place
now called Payahan. Abubakar sent
word to the head man that he was an
Arabian who could be spoken to by writ
| ing on paper. The head man, called in
those days "Tomoal," said that he did not
want to see him for he did not want to
change the customs of his ancestors. So
Abubakar approached and threw cakes
and clothing into the houses of the Moros.
| The children ate the cakes, but the older
people thought them poison and gave them
to the dogs. The dogs were not killed
and the children went out to the camp
of Abubakar where they were treated
kindly. The two tribes came to an un-
Outstanding. That night Abubakar slept
in the house of the chief. The chief
had a dream that he was living in a
large house with beautiful decorations.
Abubakar interpreted the dream saying
that the house was the new religion and
the decorations its benefits The news
spread and after much difficulty the peo-
pie were converted Abubakar named the
! place "Payahan" which means difficult
to teach (from the Malay "Paya" mean
ing difficulty Some people near there
did not want to give up eating pigs and
persisted in eating the sucking "Bagting,"
saying that they were not pigs. Abubakar
named that place "Bodoh" meaning stupid
Both places are in existence today.
The whole island was soon converted
and the people were so pleased that they
bestowed all their land upon Abubakar
and made him Sultan, calling him Sui
tan Sariphul Hassin.
Eultan Sariphul Hassim had meeting
Of all the people and in their presence
ordered the chiefs to go back and divide
all their land among the people. That
| is how the ancestors of the present MoTos
acquired their title to he land which has
been handed down from father to son.
Saiiphul Hassim divided the island into
six districts, namely: Panchor (now Pan
sol,) Parang, Gitung, Lat, Loco, Tandu.
Over FIVE of these districts he appointed
Panglimas. The sixth, Tandu, had no
Pangiima for the other Moros all claimed
the people of Tandu as slaves.
Hassim Married Paraamisulis, the
daughter of Rajah Baginda. All of
| their descendants have been either sultans
or datus. The eldest sons were the crown.
PRIMES, @Rajamuda,1 and the others were
datus.
When Hassim sent for the Korans to
teach the people, two brothers, Arabians,