REMBAU HISTORY, ETC. 29 
1895 A.D., authorised squatters on waris lands at Kundor 
paid a yearly tribute to the Dato’ Rembau of a packet of 
parched rice and a gallon of husked rice.’ Whatever return 
the  utan tanah”’ (forest lands) brought in was the perquisite 
of the wares. The curious will note that two items in the 
inheritance of the warzs as stated in Saying XVII--ivory and 
bezoar stones—are identical with the offerings made by the 
timid sons of To’ Raja di Gunong to Prince Jahia on his 
journey to the Tanah Hulu.” 
The warts tribe is constituted of eight settlements (kam- 
pong)—four in each of the two families, Jakun and Jawa. 
Each kampong is ruled by an elder (¢bu bapa) and the elders 
elect the J’c’ Pérba—lembaga of the tribe. 
The single Darat settlement at Chuai (Kampong Tébat) 
follows as lembaga the Dato’ Sétra Maharaja—hence the 
warts Tébat are ineligible for election to the office of the Pérba. 
Further, in spite of the tenure of the office by To’ Kosil—a 
warts Tébat—it is generally recognised that a flaw (chachat)’ in 
their pedigree has disqualified the warvs Tébat from receiving the 
major warts inheritance—the Undangship-—(pésaka undang). 
The unique character of the warzs Tribe finds constitu- 
tional expression in the existence of the waris Gédang (chief 
warts) and the Orang Bésar Undang (nobles of the Law giver) 
—offices to which no other tribes present a parallel. 
The warts Gédang include besides the Dato’ Pérba—the 
tribal chief—the Dato’ Méntri Lela. Pérkasa, the Dato’ Mangku 
Bumi, the Dato’ Shahbandar, and the Dato’ Raja Diraja. 
The four latter chiefs form the Council of the Orang Bésar 
Undang. 
(1) Emping sakempit, bras sagantang. 
(2) vide chap. 2 I, p. 2, cf. also J.R.A.S., vol. XVII, p. 152 Jan. 
1886, where the same articles are stated to be perquisites of the 
Raja of Siak. Notes on Sultanate of Siak. H. A. Hymans van 
Anroji. : 
__ (8) The waris Tebat are alleged to be desended on the female 
side from an Eurasian woman (Sidadap) obtained by Dato’ Uban 
during his visit to Malacca in 1646 A.D. 
R,'A. Soc., No. 56, I910. 
