THE DATO' MUDA OF LINGGI. 67 



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The Dato' Muda of Linggi. 



A little has hitherto Veen stated about the Dato' Muda of 

 Liugg-i. I add the following note* : — 



The lower part of the Linggi seems to have been left 

 mostly to the " Orang Eayat" or Jakun, under their Batin, till 

 towards the close of the last century. About the year 

 1783 a colony of Buggis from Rhio settled there under live 

 headmen, during the war between the Raja Muda of Ehio 

 (Kaja Haji) and the Dutch. Their kampong was Permatang 

 Pasir, about ten miles from the mouth of the River, some four or 

 five miles above Sempang Linggi. One of the five headmen, 

 Inche Ahman, was appointed by the Klanaas Ketua'an Kampong, 

 and afterwards received the title of Dato' Linggi. The Dato' of 

 Rembau had nothing to do with this Settlement. The settlement 

 of Langat people at Kuala Linggi did rot take place till much 

 later — about 1833. A Rembau man named Che Mohamed Katas, 

 married one of the 1 ato' of Linggi's darghters, and settled in 

 Linggi, at Pengkalan Kundong above Pengkalan Pasir, with one 

 llaji Mohamed. About 1824 Dato' Ahman died, and Che Moham.ed 

 Katas was appointed DTito' Muda Linggi bj' the Klana — probably 

 with the consent of the Penghulu of Rembau. There has been 

 since no Dato' of Linggi other than the 1 ato' Muda. There aie 

 two branches of the A\ aris — the AVaris Liu and the Waris Solok — 

 from which the I'ato' Muda may be elected. 



Adat Sungei Ujong. 



The folluMirg is the order of ceremonies to be obt^erved by 

 the AVaris di Darat and the AA'aris di Ayer of Sungei Ujong at the 

 Hari Ray a. 



* Taken chiefly from Ne\v£ou>. 



