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SUNGAI UJONG. 
Where the wind blows into the estuaries, 
And the polers work, and the oarsmen ply, 
And the quays are lined with ordered ships. 
And the measures are filled, and the scales are used, 
And buyers and sellers agree on the price, — 
Those are the realms of the Bandar’s rule.” 
The Shahbandar levied his toll on the commerce and shipping 
of the country; and since the wealth of a Malay State depended 
mainly on its development by foreign traders and settlers, his office 
might easily become the most profitable post in the land. It was 
wealth that raised the Bandar to the position of a ruler of Sungai 
Ujong. 
The following is a list of the traditional holders of this office: 
1 . 
Dato’ 
Kling, 
7. 
Dato’ Megat, 
2. 
Dato’ 
Lujar, 
8. 
To’ Bandar Tedoh, 
3. 
Dato’ 
Sangkut, 
9. 
To’ Bandar Lebai, 
4. 
Dato’ 
Ivarang, 
10. 
To’ Bandar Tunggal 
5. 
Dato’ 
Bangkit, 
11. 
To’ Bandar Ahmad. 
6. 
Dato’ 
Kahar, 
The first six are said to have held the office of Shahbandar and 
the title of Dato’ Maharaja Diraja. The seventh, Dato’ Megat, 
began by holding both; but the dual position alarmed Dato’ Klana 
Leha. who divided it up, giving the office of Bandar to Dato’ Megat 
and the dignity of Dato’ Sri Maharaja Diraja to the Bandar’s 
brother, Sohor. In those days the Shahbandar ranked as a simple 
lembaga , his only distinction being a right to a salute of four (in- 
stead of three ) guns. 
In the days of Dato’ Klana Sindang troubles arose over some 
Rawa settlers and the Dato' Bandar Lebai refused to aid the Klana 
with men, money and gunpowder. A waris di-ayer named Manja 
Khatib came forward with the requisite help, thus enabling the 
Government to tide over the crisis. 
In gratitude the Klana deposed Dato’ Bandar Lebai, conferred 
the vacant office on Manja Khatib, and raised him to the position 
of joint-ruler of the country. That is one story of a. change wdiich 
others attribute to Klana Kawal and Yamtuan Radin. Manja 
Khatib came to be known as Dato’ Bandar Tunggal and was the 
chief whose turbulence and lawlessness led to British intervention 
in the Xegri Sembilan. His character makes it improbable that he 
acquired power in any pacific w'ay ; but whatever may have been his 
methods, lie was successful in raising his position to an equality 
with that of the Klana himself. 
The title of Dato’ Sri Maharaja Diraja has been held by the 
following persons since the eighth Dato’ relinquished it in order to 
retain the position of Bandar : 
Jour. Straits Branch 
