Sondur and Condur (Pulo Condore)

Mr. C. O. Blagden has some objection to Sundar Fūlāt being Pulo Condor: “In connexion with Sundur-Fūlāt, some difficulties seem to arise. If it represents Pulo Condor, why should navigators on their way to China call at it after visiting Champa, which lies beyond it? And if fūlāt represents a Persian plural of the Malay Pulau, ‘island,’ why does it not precede the proper name as generic names do in Malay and in Indonesian and Southern Indo-Chinese languages generally? Further, if ṣundur represents a native form čundur, whence the hard c (= k) of our modern form of the word? I am not aware that Malay changes č to k in an initial position.” (J. R. As. Soc., April, 1914, p. 496.)

“L’île de Sendi Foulat est très grande; il y a de l’eau douce, des champs cultivés, du riz et des cocotiers. Le roi s’appelle Resed. Les habitants portent la fouta soit en manteau, soit en ceinture.... L’île de Sendi Foulat est entourée, du côté de la Chine, de montagnes d’un difficile accès, et où soufflent des vents impétueux. Cette île est une des portes de la Chine. De là à la ville de Khancou, X journées.” Edrisi, I., p. 90. In Malay Pulo Condor is called Pulau Kundur (Pumpkin Island) and in Cambodian, Koḥ Tralàch. See Pelliot, Deux Itinéraires, pp. 218–220. Fūlāt = fūl (Malay pulo) + Persian plural suffix -āt. Čundur fūlāt means Pumpkin Island. Ferrand, Textes, pp. ix., 2.

VII., p. 277.