32 MALAY LAW IN NEGRI SEMBILAN. 
of the laws of the country, but not enough. Female inheritance 
does not follow in the Sultanate or Raja Mudaship, but only 
amongst commoners in the tribes, and the Yam Tuan and the 
chiefs of Rembau were justly incensed. The Syed after hav- 
ing been the means of dispossessing his father-in-law, became 
his lawyer so to speak, being a man who had experience of the 
outer world. The only wrong result has been that instead of 
the true Raja family obtaining Tampin, the Syed descendants 
of the clever Syed Saban have inherited, and the other Rajas 
of Rembau get comparatively nothing. 
The case of the Sungei Ujong war is interesting. The late 
Syed Aman, Klana of Sungei Ujong, was the son of another 
such Arab Syed who married a woman of the Beduanda tribe 
in which the Dato’ Klana is elected. On the death of Dato’ 
Klana Sendeng, Syed Aman got himself elected as Klana of 
Sungei Ujong and this led to one long dispute with the Dato’ 
Bandar who is the other great Waris Chief of the State. Syed 
Aman cleverly sought the assistance of the British Govern- 
ment, at the same time saying that he was Klana and Raja 
(being a Syed) combined and that he would no longer ac- 
knowledge the suzerainty of the Yam Tuan of Sri Menanti. 
This brought down upon him the wrath of Sri Menanti. Syed 
Aman, however, had already obtained British protection, he 
was protected in his State, and the Yam Tuan of Sri Menanti, 
who was really quite right, was repulsed with great slaughter, 
and his country occupied by British troops. Sungei Ujong 
thus became independent. This case brings to notice the law 
that it is illegal for a Raja to marry in the tribe of Beduanda 
for fear that the offspring might become Penghulu and as a 
Raja usurp the Rajaship at the same time. ‘‘ Penghulu dia Raja 
dia’’ is the phrase given, or perhaps more properly ‘‘ Undang 
dia ka@ adilan dia.” 
The same thing happened in Jelebu. The present Penghulu 
is a Syed and on the death of the late Yam Tuan Muda of 
Jelebu he successfully intrigued in getting rid of the Raja 
family and governing alone in Jelebu. 
It is impossible that Malay States such as these should be 
tuled in accordance with constitution and custom, without a 
