REMBAU HISTORY, ETC, 3 
and To’ Bongkal are accepted as the respective ancestors of the 
Klana Petra, head of the Waris Darat of Sungai Ujong (by 
marriage with a Pesawi man), of the Bendahara of Pahang (by 
marriage with a Saiyid) and of the Wards Jakun of Rembau by 
marriage. with Lela Balang, a Menangkabau man of the Paya 
Bidara tribe. The Sakudai occupation thus forms the link 
between the aboriginal descents and the Muhammadan immigra- 
tion from Sumatra. 
The peaceful character of the Muhammadan settlement 
contrasts strongly with the history of foreign invasion in Perak 
and Selangor, a tale of successful piratical raids. Yet the cus- 
tomary saying’ that ‘the round isle of Sumatra, and the 
stretch of the Malay lands are encompassed in the expanse of the 
Menangkabau empire,’ implies that this occupation of Rembau 
was regarded primarily as an expansion of the empire of Pagar 
Roiong, and accounts for the close adherence of the earliest 
settlers to the polity and customs obtaining in their mother- 
country. The predominant position of the Waris in the 
Rembau constitution, and their claim to be heirs of the soil’ 
rest solely on the right of inheritance in the direct female line- 
a custom peculiar to the Adat Pérpateh. 
Sailing up the Rembau river the earliest band of immi- 
grauts planted two settlements in the low country (Tanah 
Sabélah Baroh) at Kota under To’ Lela Balang, and at Padang 
Lékoh under his brother chief, To’ Laut Dalam. 
The second expedition is said to have closely succeeded 
the first, and was led by four chiefs who with their followers 
selected land further away from the Rembau River (Sa-bélah 
Darat) at Batu Hampar, Sungai Laiang, Lubok Rusa and 
Bintongan. The location of these earliest settlements—other- 
wise of little interest—is important as providing the historical 
basis for the precedence, 1n customary ritual and constitutional 
prerogative of the low country over the inland chiefs. 
Numerous settlers under other chiefs followed in the wake 
of these pioneers, and the popularity of the Rembau expedi- 
(1) v. Sayings No. V. 
(2) v Sayings No. XVI. 
R, A, Soc., No. 56, 1910. 
Muhammedan 
Immigration. 
