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SUNGAI UJONG. 
The name Sungai Ujong is modern and is due to the associa- 
tion ot' Malay States with river-basins. There is no River “Ujong”. 
Old traditions speak of the State as Semujong ; the “Malay An- 
nals” of 1612 A. I). call it Sengang Ujong-, ancient books of 
navigation refer to it by variants of the same old name. What the 
real name was, is uncertain. 
All accounts — even those of the aboriginal Blandas — agree that 
a Dato’ Kelambu was the first to “ open ” Sungai Ujong. A place 
has been found for him in the pedigrees as a son of the Bendahara 
Sekudai; and the Rulers of Sungai Ujong who claim him as an 
ancestor still preserve his tomb as a place of pilgrimage. Tradi- 
tion tells us also that the Dato’s name was Muhammad Tumbu 
and that lie was known as To’ Jebat because of his brother To’ 
Musang, and as Dato’ Kelambu because he lived at Kuala Sungai 
Kelambu. 
The genealogy, more regular than ever, is as follows : — 
Bendahara Sekudai. 
(m. Batin Sibu Jaya.) 
Md. Tumbu. To’ Musang. To’ Semerga. To’ SeriMani. 
(m. To’ Chvmbu a (m .To’Jerumbu, (m . Lebai (m. a Terachi 
Batin’s daughter.) sister of To’ Mamat, an man and 
Chumbu.) Achehnese.) adopted.) 
To’ Dara Mudek. m. Penghulu Selat. Dato’ K cling. Dato’ Anduleka 
! Mandulelca. 
the Klana family. the Bandar family. 
the Anduleka 
Manduleka family. 
In spite of its artificial appearance this pedigree has points 
of interest. It suggests that the people who invented it were 
people who gave little heed to Sumatran law and custom. To’ 
Dara Mudek and Penghulu Selat belonged to the same uterine 
family ( perut ) ; their marriage would be incest according to Min- 
angkabau custom : they were the children of two brothers and as 
such within the prohibited degrees of affinity. They were the child- 
ren of two sisters ; and, as such, again within the prohibited de- 
grees. Such marriages are common in Peninsular Malaya but 
would be triply incestuous according to Minangkabau adat. The 
later Negri Sembilan Malay, follower of Sumatran matriarchal law, 
has invented these traditions of descent from Sakai princesses but 
has omitted to be consistent. In the days of the Dato’ Sekudai 
it was the male line that was important. Not till the days of 
Bngku Sabun, hardly a century ago, was the adat perpateh intro- 
duced into Sungai Ujong. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
