Ex-Raja Usmani,on his family history: In Aceh two princes quarreled over religion. The younger brother embraced Islam, and went to live in Ternate. There he married a woman named Lelawangga. One of his sons, Usman, left Ternate with seven sons in a kora-kora. He arrived at Jiku Marasa, Buru, and there died. The seven brothers sailed on to Lesibata, in Seram, where one of them became king. Leaving this brother at Lesibata, the remaining six sailed on, and put in at several places, until they reached Tanjung Kuako, Amahai, where they climbed for green coconuts to quench their thirst. The people of Amahai came out to quarrel with them, and they pled that they had only climbed for nuts to drink because of their great thirst. Because of the quarrel, however,the six brothers refused to drink of the fallen fruit, and thereafter those trees withered,and never bore fruit again. From there they journeyed on, arriving at Tiou, on Saparua, where one of them, Kaisiri, remained behind. His descendents are the Kacili family, who are relatives of the Usmanis. They were all named Kaisiri. They sailed on from Tiou to Paperu, where another brother disembarked,from whom come the Latumahinas. From there they journeyed on to Aboru, where Pusmuni disembarked. The remainder sailed on to Ambon, evidently arriving at Leitimur. 'Pusmuni' is from "pusu", meaning "to part", and "muni", meaning "the heart" (either physical or emotional). (1997 note: Subsequent research indicates that "pusu" almost certainly means "heart," so this part of the tale must have gotten confused--probably because of the sound similarity between old Moluccan "pusu" and Malay "putus" --Joe). King Sinai, of Aboru, held an archery contest. Sinai's daughter's breast was target. Many shot,but only Pusmani's arrow struck her breast,and he was given her hand in marriage. He became son-in-law to Raja Sinai, and stayed at the house of Raja Sinai from then on. At that time Dutch vessels came and anchored at Cape Waelain. "Go down to those cat-eyes," Raja Sinai said to his children. But all his children were afraid to go down. So the raja said, "How about you, Pusmuni?" "I'll go," Pusmuni said. So Pusmuni went,and was well received by the Dutch, who presented him with a silver-headed baton, and told him that he should become king at Aboru,and that the village must be moved to the shore. Pusmani returned to Aboru, where his father-in-law abdicated to him, and the village was moved to the shore. Pusmani was given the Dutch name, Jonas. Here is the Usmani line to Ibrahim, born 1885: pusmani had five sons: Nusahuhu, Simeriak, Ririasa, Sahupou, and Waehura. Waehura had Patihote. Patihote had Patiseke. Patiseke had Patimatara. Patimatara had Sakarias. Sakarias had Korneles. Korneles had Petrus, Isaak, Karel, and Paulus. Isaak had Ibrahim in the year 1885. Ibrahim is my informant, the ex-king of Aboru. This information was originally taken at the home of Oom Hank Risakota, on the hill behind Petak Sepuluh, Ambon, Indonesia, perhaps 1965. I believe Ibrahim Usmani was his father-in-law, but this is not stated in my records. The geneology needs to be gone over with someone from the Usmani family, because the original was ambiguous). It would be fascinating to correlate this tale with Dutch records of the latter 1600s and early 1700s.