Suma Oriental que trata do Mar Roxo até aos Chins ("Ikhtisar Wilayah Timur, dari Laut Merah hingga Negeri Cina") adalah kompendium (summa) yang ditulis oleh Tomé Pires pada tahun 1512-1515, berisi informasi tentang kehidupan di wilayah Asia Timur dan Asia Tenggara pada abad ke-16. Naskah ini sebenarnya merupakan laporan resmi yang ditulis Tomé Pires kepada Raja Emanuel tentang potensi peluang ekonomi di wilayah yang baru dikenal oleh Portugis saat itu sehingga tidak pernah diterbitkan.
"...As they often went up the said Malacca River fishing, for a distance of a league or two away from the sea, they saw a large and spacious place nith large fields, and lovely waters, and they saw how well this place was adapted for a large town, and that they could sow large fields of rice there, plant gardens, pasture herds; sometimes they used to take their wives and ch~ldren there, and they used to make merry there; and they decided to settle there, and they give it the name of Bietam', which means spacious plain.."
"....The said Paramjcura (Parameswara) ordered the said place of Bjetao to be inspected up the river by persons whom he instructed to that effect, and they saw the said plain surrounded by beautiful
mountain ranges and abundant waters near the river which comes into Malacca, with many birds and animals, where there are lions, tigers and others of various kinds, as in fact there is no doubt that it is not easy to find a beautiful plain like this extending three or four leagues, and now greatly cultivated. At which all those who went to see it were very satisfied and so reported to the said Paramjcura, and he was very pleased, and all his people, at the prospect of living at greater ease..."
"....The said Paramjcura died in the said place of Bretao fairly
happy in a land of such freshness, of such f d t y and of such
good living, as anyone who comes to Malacca today can see.."
"..At this time Paramjcura fell ill and died. The kingdom descended to his son Xaquem Darxa (Sultan Iskandar Syah), and he ordered the people of Bretam to come, and only left people llke farmer there, and he sent all the Celate mandarins to live on the slopes of the Malaccahill to act as his guards.."
Bietam? Bjetao? Bretao? Bretam? Bertam Hulu? Istana Kayu Ara?Anyone?
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