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The Adventures of Buluqiya

This story is told by Yamlikha, the serpent queen, to Hasib Karim al-Din after he enters her realm. Buluqiya is the son and successor of a learned and holy Israelite king. One day, King Buluqiya finds an ebony casket in his treasury, containing a golden casket, within which is a book about Prophet Muhammed. Upon reading it, the impressed Buluqiya goes voyaging in search of Muhammad. On one island he meets the serpents of hell and on another, more snakes and the serpent queen. In Jerusalem, he meets the sage ‘Affan, who tells him about King Solomon's signet ring. This ring, which is in Solomon's tomb beyond the seven things, gives the wearer rulership over jinn, animals, and all created things. They can get a magic herb from the serpent queen which will allow them to walk on water and get to the tomb. With the ring, they'll go to the fountain of life, which will allow Buluqiya to live until the times of Muhammad. They get the herb from the serpent queen and rub its juice on
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HIRAM AND SOLOMON

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A story of mythological heroes of Mindanao, Rajah Indarapatra and Rajah Sulayman, was recounted by Najeeb M. Saleeby in his book, "Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion" (published  by Manila Bureau of Public Printing in 1905). According to him, this myth came from Datu Kali, who in turn learned it from Maharajah Layla of Maguindanao and Alad, a very old and intelligent Moro. INDARAPATRA AND SULAYMAN Long before Kabungsuwan came to Mindanao, the entire island was covered with water. The lowland disappeared. Nothing could be seen but mountains. The people, to escape death, went to live on the mountainsides. Here the inhabitants built their homes and cultivated the highlands. The peace and prosperity of these highland dwellers, however, were short lived. There appeared in the land one day some horrible, man-eating monsters. One of these monsters haunted the hillsides of Kabalalan, eating men and other animals it could reach. It was called Kurita . It lived partly on land
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WHERE IS ZEBU OR ZUBU?

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The following is a translation from Spanish of the article entitled, "Reino de Zabag", which would help us give a clearer location of the place mentioned by Antonio Pigafetta as Zebu or Zubu in his chronicle, "A Voyage Around The World". Kingdom of Zabag Zabag (Indonesian: Sabak; Chinese: 阇婆 or 闍婆 "She-bó", "Shepo"; Sanskrit: Javaka; Arabic: الزابج "Zabaj") is believed to have been an ancient kingdom located in southern China somewhere in the Southeast Asia, between the Kingdom of Chenla (now Cambodia) and Java. Studies established by various historians associated this kingdom with Srivijaya and thought its location to be somewhere in Sumatra, Java, or the Malay Peninsula. [1] The Indonesian historian suggested that Zabag is connected to the current area of ​​Muara Sabak, the estuary of the Batang Hari River in East Tanjung Jabung Regency, Jambi province. [2] Zabag may also be located in Java, not Srivijaya because Zabag is noted to a
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