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place he had been summoned by letter in the hope that as he had 

 by birth some claim on Selangor an amicable arrangement might 



Raja Mahdi took with him Raja Mahmttd, the son of the late 

 Sultan Mahomed of Selangor, and they have been in Johor ever 

 since. 



Raja Mahmttd, the son of the Tunku Panglima Raja,* also left 

 Langat in August last and went to Sungei Ujong, where he was 

 received and supported by the Bandar of that place until the Klana 

 of Sungei Ujong, endeavouring to bring the Bandar to reason by 

 force of arms, the Bandar called on Raja Mahmtjd to assist him, 

 and this he did with great effect, his notorious name striking such 

 terror into the Klana's followers (500 in all) that at the first sound 

 of it they fled out of Sungei Ujong. 



On the arrival of our troops Mahmud fled to Langat by the 

 sea coast, and being there offered an ultimatum of complete sub- 

 mission, or to leave the country in twenty-four hours, he chose the 

 former, and went to Singapore, where he bound himself to live for 

 • a year without meddling in the slightest degree in Selangor affairs. 



This promise he has hitherto faithfully kept, and there is no 

 reason to believe he will attempt to break it • indeed he is not likely 

 to give any further trouble, as he says he has no claim on Selangor 

 and has fought hitherto for no political reason, merely for friend- 

 ship's sake and because he liked it. 



This is the case, he is a " free lance," and has been ever Raja 

 Mahdi' s best fighting man ; now however he appears to have severed 

 his connection with him and is not likely to resume it, but tired of 

 his hunted life in the jungle, he is anxious to live for the future in 

 peace and by honest means. 



Raja Mahmud, the son of the late Sultan, supported by Raja 

 Mahdi at one time claimed to be the legitimate heir to the throne 

 of Selangor, but he appears to have given that idea up now and is 

 living quietly in Johor with an allowance from the Selangor 

 G-overnment. 



* Alias Raja BERKAT. 



