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NEGRI SEMBILAN
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The State of Negri Sembilan; the sinallest of the four Federated Malay States, lies on the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula, to the south of the States of Selangor and Pahang. It is in fact a federation of "Nine States," consisting of the four major States of Sungei Ujong, Jelebu, Johol and Rembau, and the five minor States of Ulu Muar, Jempul, Terachi, Gunong Pasir and Inas. Sungei Ujong is mentioned in a Javanese poem in 1365 A. D, as being subject to the Javanese Empire of Majapahit. In the XVth century, it was ruled by chiefs of the old kingdom of Malacca. Nearly all the Malay inhabitants of the "Nine States" are descended from immigrants from Menangkabau in Sumatra, and have an interesting matrilineal sociological system. Portuguese accounts prove that this immigration had begun in the XVIth century. The evidence seems conclusive that original Malay federation consisted of Sungei Ujong, Klang (now a district of Selangor), Jelebu, Rembau, Naning (now a part of Malacca), Segamat (now in Johore), Pasir Besar (also in Johore, its place having been taken by Johol), Jelia (now Inas) and Ulu Pahang, the region between Ulu Serting and Temer- loh. After the wresting of Malacca from the Portuguese by the Dutch and the Johore Malays in 1641 A.D., Johore took a leading part in Negri Sembilan politics until 1773 A.D., when the Undang or Chiefs of the four major States brought from Sumatra a Yam Tuan named Raja Melewar, ancestor of the present Yang Di-pertuan Besar.
In 1874, the Dato' Klana, Chief of Sungei Ujong, the most important of the "Nine States," invited and obtained the assistance of the British Government to maintain his rule, and the appointment of a. British Resident.
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In 1883, Jelebu applied for a British Officer; and Rembau agreed to refer all its disputes to the British Government, and in 1887 accepted a British Adviser. In 1889, the Yam Tuan of Sri Menanti and the Rulers of Tampin and Rembau asked for a Resident and agreed to a confederation known as "The Old Negri Sembilan." In 1895, the Resident of this confederation took charge of Sungei Ujong and of Jelebu, and the modern Negri Sembilan was constituted. Finally, in 1898, the Yam Tuan of Sri Menanti was elected titular Ruler of the whole State. The present Ruler is His Highness Muhammad, G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., ibni Al-Marhum Antah, Yang Di-pertuan Besar, Negri Sembilan.
The area of the State is approximately 2,550 square miles. On the south it borders with Johore and on the east with Palang. In the southern part of the State, the great mountain range has disappeared, and the water-parting between the West and East Coast is merely hilly, and in place is nearly flat ground. The highest peak in Negri Sembilan is Telapak Burok (3,915 feet).