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perhaps a little too late. An impression of the seal of an old Klana 
might settle the point. But no such impression is obtainable. The 
Dato’ Penghulu of Jelebu and the Dato’ Bandar of Sungai Ujong 
obtained seals from Johor, — the second in 1715 from Abdul-Jalil 
III, the first about 1759 from Abdul-Jalil V. The latter prince, who 
was only a Regent, was so lavish with his treaties, seals and dig- 
nities that one would attribute to him the bestowal of the title of 
Dato’ Klana, if it were a Malay title. But it is a Bugis dignity. 
The first Bugis Yamtuan Muda of Riau bore the title of Klana 
Java Putra. Significant is the local assertion that the rank of 
the Dato’ Klana is that of a Raja Muda.. Is it a coincidence that 
the ruler of Sungai Ujong bears the title and rank of a Klana 
Java Putera, Yamtuan Muda of Riau? The evidence is in favour 
of the belief it was from trie Bugis chiefs of Riau that the old 
Penghulu Manteri obtained his higher title. 
There was, it is true, the Bugis invasion of Sungai Ujong: 
they advanced as far as Pantai, where the site of their fort is still 
shown opposite the site of the house of the ex-Klana Lela Stia. 
But tradition says that at the time of that invasion the Penghulu 
of Sungai Ujong was not in the country, but at Singapore, where 
he had gone “to see the swordfish attack the island”. Even a 
Batin would hardly go to Singapore on such a fool’s errand. It 
would appear almost that the Klana was serving in the ranks of 
his country’s enemy. 
Dato’ Klana Badur was followed by Dato’ Klana Leha whose 
reign was signalized by the settlement of the Linggi and Labu 
districts. The Linggi settlers came because, the Dato’ of Rembau 
refused to permit them to live under their own law, the adat 
temenggong , and insisted on their adopting tire matriarchal law of 
Minangkabau. This incident corroborates tradition that the adat 
perpateh was not adopted in Sungai Ujong till a later date. 
Dato’ Klana Leha was succeeded by Dato’ Klana Bahi. There 
is no evidence of the relationship of this chief to his predecessors; 
but it is recorded that he belonged to the warts hilir while the 
Klana Leha belonged to the waris hulu. What this means may be 
conjectured. Dato’ Klana Bahi obtained the title by virtue of 
relationship to his predecessors in the male line. At his death the 
rule of succession was altered to that of uterine descent. Ulti- 
mately there was the usual compromise — the gilir — under which 
the two families, that of Ivlana Leha ( waris hulu) and that of 
Klana Bahi ( waris hilir) took it in turn to succeed. This rule is 
still recognized but it has not been consistently observed, as the 
following tables will show. 
Waris hulu. 
To' Lernbut (f) 
D. K. Leha (II) To ’ Tepi (f) 
Jour. Straits Branch 
