A Story Behind It

Assalammualaikum wrt wbt.

Remember PMR History syllabus?

Parameswara, the Prince of Palembang which was ruled by Majapahit, ran to Temasek (Singapore).
There, he was treated nicely by Temagi, the ruler of Temasek. At that time, Temasek was under the power of the Siamese.

Now, what happened then?
The history goes that Parameswara killed Temagi, to get Temasik under his rulings.
But when Siam got to know that their representative, Temagi was killed, they sent a troop to Temasek to capture Parameswara.
Parameswara then ran to Malaya and settled down in Malacca.
He built an empire in Malacca and later started sending "protection money" to Siam so that they won't come and attack Malacca.

Now, time to think (or maybe imagine....)
Parameswara, the prince who managed to build Malacca, must be a smart man.
Even if not very smart, he can't be stupid, can he?
Why then, did he "foolishly" kill Temagi to get Temasek?

Obviously, he knew that Temasek is under Siam's ruling, and Siam was a VERY powerful country at that time, why then did he find trouble?
There was no way he can escape from killing Temagi could he?

Now, imagination comes in.
Who knows, Temagi actually flirted with Parameswara's wife or perhaps daughter at that time...
Then Parameswara was challenged and killed Temagi.
Sounds logic right?

It's just like those Chinese Dynasties. The history is one thing, the story behind it is another.
Be it the admiral fell in love with the enemy's princess or one of the 500 emperor's concubines.
Or one of the concubines tried to kill the empress to get the emperor's attention.
Or one of the princes tried to overthrow his own father so that he can be crowned.
Or anything at all.... (ok ok, maybe this is kinda too fairy tale but it can still happen, I'm sure)
There are reasons for every single thing that happens in this world.

So, I am very sure something happened btw Temagi and Parameswara more than 800 yrs ago.
But the history I studied at school just stated that Parameswara wanted to overthrow Temagi, which for me is a very very foolish act.

Ok, I'm sorry that i really didnt do any extra reading before writing this. I don't know if any of our historian described what really happened but MOST Malaysian children only know what was taught at school, and that includes me.

p/s: Been long since i write. Haiz.. Exam in 2 weeks time, die die... A lot more to study.
I cant wait for 13th March, but I dont want 12th March to come. Can?
=P

-AkMaR-
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