I have always found some, if not all, claims brought forward by folks from Kepayang to be not only rather bizarre but also quite outrageous. Unfortunately, in the last few years, very few people share my views, mainly because the Malays in this part of the world simply do not have the courage to question local mainstream history, no matter how preposterous it could be. However, I felt somewhat vindicated when a well-known blogger, whose interest in his ancestral history has driven him to write a number of books, began to share his own doubts and questions regarding some of Kepayang’s claims on his blog.
Whatever controversies that Kepayang folks have caused all these years went supernova when the well-known blogger dropped a bombshell in August this year!
Gained protection at Kepayang after the murder of Birch
According to a well-known blogger, the famous Ngah Jabor gained protection at Kampung Kepayang after the cold-blooded murder of J.W.W. Birch! It is a shocking revelation that was revealed to him after getting in touch with a well-known academician, Dr. Haji Ahmad Jelani Halimi.1
“...Ngah Jabor ada berlindung di Kampung Kepayang selepas pembunuhan Birch.”
It is a very significant piece of information!
As the second great-grandson of a mysterious man who hid behind the alias Kulup Lembang, my own ongoing research into his mysterious past has stumbled upon a number of peculiar connections to Ngah Jabor, and this new piece of information only strengthens my suspicion that both of them were somehow connected.
As the pieces of Ngah Jabor puzzle fall into place
Now that I know that the famous Ngah Jabor had gained protection over at Kepayang long time ago, it makes perfect sense why:
The late Tun Hanif Omar, in his own admission, admitted having many relatives in Tambun.
A few blood relatives of Mohamed Jabar had a considerable share of a property in Tambun many years ago.
Tun Hanif Omar’s relatives in Tambun
I have blogged about my chance meeting with the late Tun Hanif Omar a few years ago at what was once known as the Taman Perpaduan Restoran Nasi Vanggey outlet. That was the moment when the late Tun told me that he had many relatives living in and around Tambun.2
The late Tun was the grandson of Mohamed Jabor bin Bardot. The latter could very well be the same Jabor who was chosen to oversee Sultan Idris Shah I’s mining properties over at Kampar. That reminded me of the fact that I need to do more research into Idris Hydraulics, as it is all somehow connected.3
Lot 28518 and blood relatives of Mohamed Jabar
It came as a big shock when I discovered that a few blood relatives of Mohamed Jabar were once part of the shared owners of Lot 28518, a weird parcel of land with an unexplainable gap in its chain of ownership that nobody is willing to talk about even to this very day. Lot 28518 is located right in the heart of Tambun, situated nearby what were once considered Kulup Lembang’s households and just a few hundred meters away from what were once properties of Kulup Lembang.4
Such closeness reminded me of the story regarding the young Jabor, who was often seen at the households of Dato Maharaja Lela at Pasir Salak and Dato Sagor at Kampung Gajah. As a young man, he was more than likely blessed with great eyesight, and just imagine what he must have seen and heard when he was present at both historic households! It can be said that Jabor, and to a lesser extent, his siblings and blood relatives, would have known what Dato Maharaja Lela and Dato Sagor truly looked like.5
Who else gained protection at Kepayang?
Like it or not, we have to address the big elephant in the room, especially after knowing that the famous Ngah Jabor had gained protection over at Kepayang after the cold-blooded murder of J.W.W. Birch.
It is highly likely that Ngah Jabor was not the only fugitive who had found protection over at Kepayang. No, he couldn’t be all alone in the desperate attempt to escape from the clutches of the imposing British forces and their paid mercenaries. So, who else had found solace and protection over at Kepayang or any other place in its vicinity during and after the Perak War?
1Radzi Sapiee, “Maklum Balas Rasmi Terhadap Pihak Yang Mendakwa Berketurunan Laksamana Raja Mahkota Muhammad Amin Di Media Massa,” Blog, Catatan Si Merah Silu (blog), August 13, 2024, http://merahsilu.blogspot.com/2024/08/maklum-balas-rasmi-terhadap-pihak-yang.html.
2SAS, second great-grandson of Kulup Lembang, “The Day I Met Tun Hanif Omar at Tambun,” Blog, Kulup Lembang (blog), March 3, 2024, https://kuluplembang.blogspot.com/2024/03/tun-hanif-omar-at-tambun.html.
3Mohd Hashim bin Sam Abdul Latiff, “The Identity of Ngah Jabor and Mohamed Jabor Bin Bardot (1858-1921),” Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society 53, no. 2 (1980): 7, 17; SAS, second great-grandson of Kulup Lembang, “Brief History of Idris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd,” Blog, Kulup Lembang (blog), February 25, 2024, https://kuluplembang.blogspot.com/2024/02/history-idris-hydraulic-malaysia-bhd.html.
4SAS, second great-grandson of Kulup Lembang, “The Day I Met Tun Hanif Omar at Tambun.”
5Latiff, “The Identity of Ngah Jabor and Mohamed Jabor Bin Bardot (1858-1921),” 7.
Bibliography
Latiff, Mohd Hashim bin Sam Abdul. “The Identity of Ngah Jabor and Mohamed Jabor Bin Bardot (1858-1921).” Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society 53, no. 2 (1980): 16.
Sapiee, Radzi. “Maklum Balas Rasmi Terhadap Pihak Yang Mendakwa Berketurunan Laksamana Raja Mahkota Muhammad Amin Di Media Massa.” Blog. Catatan Si Merah Silu (blog), August 13, 2024. http://merahsilu.blogspot.com/2024/08/maklum-balas-rasmi-terhadap-pihak-yang.html.
SAS, second great-grandson of Kulup Lembang. “Brief History of Idris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd.” Blog. Kulup Lembang (blog), February 25, 2024. https://kuluplembang.blogspot.com/2024/02/history-idris-hydraulic-malaysia-bhd.html.
———. “The Day I Met Tun Hanif Omar at Tambun.” Blog. Kulup Lembang (blog), March 3, 2024. https://kuluplembang.blogspot.com/2024/03/tun-hanif-omar-at-tambun.html.
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