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SUNGAI UJONG. 
But those legends of the Creation are not the only tales con- 
nected with Batin Sri Alani. He is said to have led an expedition 
into Jelebu. There lie found trays of food waiting for him, served 
up and ready to eat, but with no one present to explain whence the 
food came. Batin Sri Adam did not enquire; he ate the food and 
named the place Kuala Dulang, the place of plates, as a record of 
his gratitude. He showed less thankfulness in his next adventure. 
The Muhammadans of Jelebu did their best to bring Batin Sri 
Alam round to their religion. They induced him to repeat the 
Confession of Faith; hut when the mudin explained the uses of 
the penyepit, Batin Sri Alam vanished. One rumour has it that 
he reappeared on Mount Si-Guntang Mahameru ; another that he 
disappeared into the caverns of Kota Glanggi in Pahang. But 
whatever his fate, he was never seen again by the Moslems who 
effected his conversion or by the land he did so much to people. 
Xext in this aboriginal genealogy comes Batin Berchanggai 
Besi whose wife was Berduri Best and whose brother-in-law was 
Ketopong Besi — the Iron-clawed Chief, with his Iron-quilled wife, 
and her Iron-helmeted Brother. The legend however adds that 
they were primitive people, unacquainted with the use of iron or 
even of fire, and that they ate their food raw. One day when hunt- 
ing they found a fairy-child hidden in the cleft of a rock. They 
adopted her though she showed her real origin by declining to 
partake of the bestial repasts of the Sakai and by living on a diet 
of fruits and shoots, till the prince of destiny appeared and won 
her as his bride. That prince was the Sultan of Johor. He saw 
her in a dream and traced her by weighing the river-waters and 
selecting the lightest. A son of this marriage was the Benda- 
hara Sekudai, the reputed ancestor of the rulers of Sungai Ujong. 
Tradition traces a relationship between this Batin Berchang- 
gai Besi, and the legendary figures associated with the origin of 
the other States: Dato’ Jelundong, founder of Jelebu; Aenek 
Kerhau, founder of Johol ; To’ Tukul and To’ Landas, founders of 
Klang. The two first were the Batin’s sisters, while To’ Tukul 
and To’ Landas derived their titles from the hammer and the anvil 
with which they rendered to Batin Berchanggai Besi the service 
that Batin Sri Alam vanished to avoid. So invulnerable are these 
tough old aborigines, according to Malay belief, that circumcision 
is a matter of difficulty. 
Batin Berchanggai Besi was the father of To' Darn Derani 
whose daughter, Batin Sa-ribu Jaya or Sib u Jaya, married the 
Dato’ Sekudai. It is related of these last two ladies that they 
fled in terror from Sang Kelambai who was striding through the 
country, turning all he met into stone. “ Why flee”? asked an 
Achehnese saint who lived at Sungai IJdang between Pangkalan 
Ivempas and Permatang Pasir, “ I have a charm that no Kelembai 
can face. A candle will keep him away.” So candles were lit 
nightly; the population was saved from a stony fate; and the 
place is called Pengkalan Dian to this day. The sceptic may see 
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