Bâtin Ạlam,[1] who settled in Johor; Bâtin P′ĕrwei, who went across to Págarrûyong; Bâtin Siam, who went to Siam; Bâtin Mînang, who crossed to Mĕnangkâbau; Bâtin Paháng, who settled in the country of that name; Bâtin Stambul, who went to Stambul; and Bâtin Râja, who ruled over Moar.
Pĕnghûlus[2] were first made by To’ T′ĕrjĕlî, who placed one at Bĕrânang, in Kĕláng, the To’ Kĕlâna Putra[3] at Sungei Hujong,[4] To’ Âki Sáman in J′ĕlĕbu, To’ Mûtan Jantan,[5] a woman, at Kwala,[6] Múar[7] and her husband, Janhan Pahlâwan Lêla Pĕrkâsa,[8] at Johol: hence, to preserve the memory of the first female ruler, the Dáto’ Pĕnghûlu of Johol always wears his hair long, down to the waist.
The To’ Kĕlâna Putrâ, of Sungei Hûjong, established the states of R′ĕmbau[9] and Nâning,[10] placing his sons over them.
- ↑ Âlam, the world (Arabic).
- ↑ "Pĕng," personal prefix, and "hûlu," head, a title enjoyed both by chiefs of states and of villages.
- ↑ "Kĕlana," wandering; "putrâ," prince (Sansk.: "putra," son).
- ↑ Name of a state (now under a Resident). "Sungei," river; "hûjong," point; the reason of the name has not been ascertained.
- ↑ "To’," short for "Dato’," elder chief. "Mûtan," contracted form of "rambutan," a tree bearing a fruit (Nephelium lappaceum) covered with soft spines or brittles, whence its name, from "rambut," hair; jantan," male; the tree, near which this "Dato’," lived in Johor, being male, and therefore unproductive, the fertile trees being always called female.
- ↑ Mouth of a river where it joins the sea, or point of junction of a tributary with the parent stream.
- ↑ Small state shown in the map lying between Malacca and the Múar river.
- ↑ The regular title of the chiefs of Johor. "Jauhan" or "jôhan," a military officer, perhaps corrupted from Pers., "jihân," used in combination to intensify epithets, or perhaps merely to add sound; "pahlâwan," from Pers., "pahluwan," a bold man, warrior; "lêla," fencing; "pĕrkâsa" (Sansk., "prakaça"), mighty, valiant. The Malays string these titles and epithets together without stint for the pettiest officials, in entire ignorance of their meaning.
- ↑ A state lying north of Malacca, and west of Johol (see map). The name is said by natives to be derived from the sound made by the fall of a gigantic "m′ĕrĕbau" tree (Intsia amboinensis), which was described by the words "m′ĕrebau r′ĕmbau," a sort of metathesis to which Malays are much addicted; "r′ĕbah" is to fall.
- ↑ This state, since 1833, has been part of Malacca territory. "Nâning" is a
and rulers, and he lived at Gunong Pĕnyârong (Pĕnyâring) in Mĕnangkâbau. By him a Râja was placed over Mĕnangkâbau, a Bandahara over Pahang, and at a later period a Pĕnyhûlu over Hûlu Pahang.—(Journal Ind. Arch. vol. i. p. 326.)
