System of Re- 
sident Rajas 
under the 
Bugis. 
Evidence of 
Dutch records 
1756 A.D. 
Revolt of 
Four States 
1770, A. D. 
Traditional 
accounts : 
SungaiU jong. 
16 REMBAU HISTORY, ETO. 
ed by Cremer and Veerbrugge on behalf of the Dutch Govern- 
or, secured to the Dutch the monopoly of the tin-buying 
trade at Linggi. 
The correspondence which preceded the ratification of 
that treaty, and is still preserved in the Dutch records at 
Malacca, throws considerable light on the methods of Johor 
rule in the two contracting states. The preliminary negotia- 
tions for the treaty of 1759 were conducted, on behalf of 
Rembau, by one Raja Adil, who lived at Pedas in the Darat 
district of Rembau, and by the Undang, or, as the letters style 
him, the Penghulu. 
The Dutch letters Seeard that on 29th September 1757, 
Raja Adil and the Undang of Rembau, together with the 
Penghulu of Klang and one Raja Lela as representatives of 
Klang, visited Malacca, but returned without effecting any- 
thing, on the ground that they ~ had no power.” 
From the same correspondence it is to be inferred that 
the authority of the Johor representative at Pedas did not 
extend to the neighbouring state of Klang. 
But the system of resident Rajas failed to guarantee the 
control of Johor over the confederacy. About the year 1770 
A.D., four states, Sungai Ujong, Rembau, Johol and Ulu 
Muar—the last originally but a part of Johol,—revolted. The 
causes of this revolt are obscure. 
Sungai Ujong tradition’ denies that there was a war. 
It tells of a peaceful renunciation by Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah 
in favour of the Menangkabau Sultan, of suzerain rights 
over the following four states of the confederacy—Jelebu, 
Sungai Ujong, Johol and Nang. 
This tale presents many difficulties. The reference can- 
not be to Abdul Jalil Shah III, for his defeat by Daing Perani 
in 1722 A.D., opened the way to Bugis ascendancy in Johor ; 
and the advent of the Menangkabau Raja admittedly fore- 
shadowed the decline of the Bugis influence in the confeder- 
acy. Again, that Abdul Jalil Shah 1V—known also as Ahmat 
(1) vide Bland. 
XXVIII. Aug. 1895. 
Aturan Sungai Ujong J. Rk. A. S., S. B. vol 
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