Page:History of the Indian Archipelago Vol 2.djvu/361

OF MAHOMEDANISM IN JAVA, 317 third kingdom was formed for another son of the Sultan of Cheribon, in the principality of Jacatrtty on the seat of the modern Batavia, and which he- reditarily descended to his posterity, untd their conquest by the Dutch in the beginning of the seventeenth centuiy. These spiritual and temporal conquests were made in concert, or at least in correspondence, with the apostles of Islam to the east, and reciprocal aid was frequently furnished by them to each other. Such is a sketch of all that is useful or authen- tic in the history of the conversion of the Javanese to the religion of Mahomet. It may be remarked, as a singular coincidence, that the Mahomedan re- ligion was extending itself thus in Asia, at the very time it was expelled from Europe ; and it is curious to observe, that this important revolution was going forward nearly at the Fame moment with the grand- est events of the history of man. Mojopaphit was destroyed but li years before the discovery of America, and but nine before Vasca di Gama doub- led the Cape. It was a moment, indeed, when the nations of the world throughout were becoming better acquainted with each other. The European reader, in reflecting upon this subject, will feel re- gret, that the intolerant religion of Mahomed should have anticipated the religion and civilization of a more polished and improved portion of man- kind ; but that regret will be moderated when he