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The princess is now borne off by Buraʾsa. The nine suitors besiege his stronghold in vain, but Indra Bangsawan, thanks to the instructions of his raʾsasa, succeeds in slaying the monster, and handing over to Gumbiran the wished for fourteen members. Still in the form of Si Gamba, Indra Bangsawan espouses the princess.
The nine now make war on Gumbiran, but Indra Bangsawan in his princely shape turns the tide of battle, and the princess finally succeeds in removing the roughness of his skin. The marriage ceremony is repeated with much display, and Indra Bangsawan acts as regent in his step-father's kingdom.
By the raʾsasa's help he obtains possession of the bulōh meurindu; his brother finds him out, and they go together to their father, who joyfully recognizes Indra Bangsawan as his successor.
Hikayat Chah(=Shah) Kubat.Chah Kubat (XXVII).
The adventurous expeditions of Chah Kubat were originally undertaken because this young hero could not endure the ignominy of a heavy tribute which his father Chah Peurasat Indra Laʾsana, king of Atrah[1], had yearly to pay to Blia Indra, king of the apes.
Chah Kubat belonged by origin to the realm of Indra where his grandfather Beureuma Saʾti still occupied the throne. In olden days this grandfather had made war against Blia Dikra, the father of Blia Indra. When the latter died it was only due to the friendly mediation of the prophet Sulòyman (Salomon) that the kingdom of the apes was not entirely laid waste. But Chah Kubat's father had been compelled to bow before the king of the apes who had at his command whole armies of wild beasts.
Chah Kubat was urged to his undertaking by a man in Arab dress who appeared to him in a dream. The poet describes at great length his journeyings throughout all lands. By the aid of his grandfather whom he first visits, he overcomes all manner of supernatural difficulties and dangers.
The main incidents are his complete conquest of the kingdom of apes, and his union before this war with the two princesses Jamani Raʾna Diwi and Suganda Kumala. After the war is over he gradually fills
- ↑ Arab. Aṭrāf = "extremities." According to our hikayat this country lay close to the mountain Kah (Arab. Qāf) and marched with the territory of the jéns.
