Once
upon a time, there was a king in Jambi Palace. He was a third child from Akhmad
Salim and Puteri Selaro Pinang Masak. He refused to send some glory to Mataram
(Majapahit) once a year. He said, “Jambi is a palace. Mataram is a palace. Both
of them is same, so why should us give our rich to them?” Orang Kayo Hitam’s
statement can assure every people. There was nothing glory that send to Mataram
anymore. King of Mataram was very angry. A fortune-teller of Mataram Palace
said that Orang Kayo Hitam could be killed with a sword.
Orang Kayo Hitam heard about it but
he didn’t mind of that news. He looking for sword maker in Mataram. After
looking for around Mataram, he found a sword maker that didn’t know about him.
Orang Kayo Hitam killed him and then King of Mataram didn’t want to continue
what that he wanted.
Orang Kayo Hitam greeted warmly by
Mataram Palace. He was looked awesome with puncture bun on his head. Uncomplete
sword used between his puncture bun on his head. And that would be in place at
the waist as a marker shoots of Jambi Government. At the first time Orang Kayo Hitam choosed as
a vice-palace in Pemalang, but he refused it. He said that he choses Jambi and
he wanted back to there. “My father is old, whether
it lives, whether it die, I have left my country too long.”
When he returned to
Jambi, Orang Kayo
Hitam brings his
wife, Putri Ratu Mataram
and his son, Raden Jaya
which then holds the
Temenggung Mangku
Negoro. In the course of that sword Siginjei completed
as heirloom sword is already which is already completed
with Charles manikam quality.
After arriving
back in Jambi
not long from that time Orang Kayo Hitam
to wants to learn and interest in the hair strands twisted butts float.
Orang Kayo Hitam have been searching various news sources celebrated figures then he went to Air Hitam Pauh to see menemui Temenggung
Merah Mato. At the residence of the
Temenggu, he was given a betel tread containing
betel nut of iron.
The exam is not a problem because the dish in
chewing betel as
usual. After the test of dexterity and
magic takes place in the courtyard. Nearly three-day test took
place with a balanced, nothing
else to lose or
win, while the
pounding hearts of the Orang Kayo Hitam to Temenggu’s daughter be stronger
to confess openly.
Temenggu’s
daughter reply the Orang Kayo Hitam’s
love and after the talk Temenggu allowed Orang Kayo Hitam to
marry his daughter. As tradition hendak diisi lembagonyo hendak
di tuang, sudah buruk dimemakai, sudah habis dimakan, sudah besesap berjerami
sudah bepadam bepekuburan, bertitian teras betanggo batu, jalan berambah yang
di turut, baju bejahit yang di pakai, sudah gayur pinang sudah seko kelapo
sederakah,
so
Orang Kayo Hitam must provides emas
selesung besak seruas buluh talang dan selengan baju serta kepala tungau
segantang ulang aling dengan 40 orang dara putri untuk pengiring.
Finally Orang Kayo Hitam married Temenggu’s daughter, Putri Mayang
Mengurai at Air Hitam Pauh. That was happened seven days. After that the
group Orang Kayo Hitam milir Batang Hari dan
Batang Tembesi follow the message his father-in-law to accompany a pair of ducks.
Then, after it a few times milir ashore in some places, then
near Pandan Island went ashore, muput (mandi tanah) there and disappear.
Temenggung Merah Mato appropriate message and Grandma Indrijati's where you
build the country on a chosen land. When cutting shrubs terkapak bedil besi,
nebas to two terkapak large gong. Secondly it became heirlooms because after
that to let Temenggung Mereh Mato’s brother is Temenggung Temantan busy looking
for his elder brother who disappeared and after counting the lines of fortune,
it is believed the iron guns (cannons) is the incarnation of the Temenggung
Mereh Mato as knew as "Sijimat
" and big gong Temenggung wife incarnation called " Gong Sitimang ".
Upon
returning from Air Hitam, preach about
guns and gongs,
Orang Kayo Hitam rifle and gong back to the
place to find and continue the
work to clear land in a place
chosen duck that called "Tanah Pilih" who later as the
location of the palace of King Jambi.
After the Tanah Pilih Palace undermined by colonial
Dutch in the
Sultanate of Sultan Taha Saifuddin made in the
Dutch military barracks and
now the Masjid Agung Al-Falah,
the grand mosque known as the Mosque thousand poles.
From
Air Hitam, participated in the group's sister Princess Mayang Parse named Raden
Kuning Megat Dialam and other entourage of them settled in the Tanah Pilih
which then increasingly crowded. Shortly thereafter, his youthful spirit surge
to go wander into the sea area which, according to the story of the sailors,
there are many islands there. Raden Kuning Megat Dialam will approved by the Orang
Kayo Pingai and Orang Kayo Hitam.
For the sake of the stability of his departure is done
safely and refuse alms prayer custody at the same time giving the title of Orang Kayo Singodirajo to Raden Kuning Megat
Dialam. Orang
Kayo Hitam handed his Kapal Harimau Jantan to Orang Kayo Singodirajo meet the
desires seek his fortune in the islands of the sea. When
removing the sails, Orang Kayo Hitam told "dimana
juga tetapnya Adinda, maka segeralah Adinda datang kepada Kakanda di Tanah
Pilih".
The first island that had been landed by Orang Kayo Singodirajo,
in that place meets people who claimed
to be from Kuala Reteh Indragiri, even adayang of Palembang and other areas
gathered to make a living along the coast of the island. They
all call themselves as a (group) Mentang
and Baruq nation. Not
far from there looked Pualu Singkep and another island which has a
three-pronged mountain peaks called Pulau Daik, and there is an island called
Pulau Pandan other. The islands unpopulated
island. After
considerate-weigh the Orang Kayo Singodirajo agree with Mentang nation and to
make the country Pulau Baruq Daik. That determination of their
togetherness. People
in the cluster of Pualu Bangka in taken
him along to enliven Daik. The
Pualu Daik Sungi are traced from the estuary towards Uluan. Upon
arriving at a site unchanged and their tributaries is considered suitable LLU
made in the settlements. The
river had been named by Orang Kayo Singodirajo, and the river anme is Linggah
River, and the villaged called Kampung Linggah Daik. From
day to day the village more crowded with immigrants, they are all obedient and
submissive so that the agreement of all the population of Orang Kayo
Singodirajo in the lift as Raja Penguasa
Pulau Lingga dan Singkep.
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A story from Jambi