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On hearing this, the Panglima came down the river and 

 met the Bendahara, and it was then agreed to pay the 

 Bendahara one elephant or §250, being its estimated value, 

 and 70 gantangs of paddy or §1.75 for each klamin. The 

 Panglima then assembled the people and asked whether they 

 would pay this and liberate the Datoh. The people agreed 

 to pay this tax, and the fine and tax was guaranteed by the 

 Panglima. 



Datoh Rejab then consulted with Haji Omar whether this 

 tax was to be continued, and the Haji, who was chief over 

 the Selangor people, agreed to its continuance. The tax was 

 then regularly collected under the name hasil klamin, and was 

 paid to the Panglima, who had agreed matters as above with 

 the Bendahara, the payments being very regularly kept up 

 for a few years. Some fourteen or fifteen years ago, Datoh 

 REJAB failed to pay the hasil klamin to the Panglima, and 

 on the latter demanding the same, it was refused, the Datoh 

 wishing to retain it for his own use. An expedition in the 

 name of Toh Muda Ghafar was then arranged by the Pang- 

 lima ; it was led by Inchi LlMAH, daughter of the Panglima 

 and wife of Panglima Besar, who again was brother to Kanda 

 Hassan (still living) (Kanda Hassan is the father of Haji 

 Abdul Rauf of Tanjong Piandang and Teluk Srah). The 

 other leaders of the expedition were Inchi MARIAM, another 

 daughter of the Panglima Bukit GANTANG, together with 

 Panglima Prang SEMAHON, Raja Lop, Raja ALANG, Haji 

 Ali, Maharaja tela, Panglima KlATA, Panglima KAMPAR, 

 and all the elite of Upper Perak. 



This war is spoken of as " Prang Panglima Bukit Gantang." 

 When the expedition reached Kurau, the Mantri supplied rice 

 from Larut to Panglima Bukit GANTANG and fire-arms to 

 Inchi Mat Ali, son of Datoh Rejab ; the Mantri is the 

 nephew of the former Panglima Bukit GANTANG. War was 

 declared, and Haji OMAR together with Inchi MAHMUD of 

 Teluk Rubiah, both Selangor men, joined Inchi MAT All 

 Panglima Bukit GANTANG'S force erected five stockades at 

 Kwala Kurau and attacked Inchi MAHMUD at night at Teluk 

 Rubiah. Inchi MAHMUD evacuated his position, but next day 

 informed Inchis MARIAM and Lima that he was ready to fight, 



