Remnants Of An Uprising At Lubuk Terua

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The Pahang Disturbance(Pahang Rising),
the outbreak caused by the dissatisfaction of  Dato Bahaman,
the local lord (Orang Kaya) of Semantan
when British advisor to the Sultan started a new tax collecting system
which deprive him of his main source of income.
This eventually lead to the rebellion which acumulated
to the first outbreak in December 1891 here at Lubok Terua
till the final clash at  Jeram Ampai in 1894.



Cikgu Haji Badrul the local historian standing
by the unique old British Well build in 1890
situated behind the ruins of the
Lubok Terua Police Station(Rumah Pasong)





A map of attractions of the area,most notable is the Kuala Gandah Elephant Santuary.



As Lubok Terua is the main stopover for boats laden with goods(Gold,Tin and Machinery)
of Raub Australian Gold Mines and Malayan Peninsular Prospecting Company
with Godowns by the riverbank while they change from a big(10t) to smaller(1t) river boat
on their way up to Bentong,Raub and Fraser's Hill from Pekan,
tax collection by Dato Bahaman thus was quite lucrative
and justify a building of a police station by the British here
to enforce their tax collection system.




Yours truly at the well.



Pekan, year 1892. Sitting from left: R.W. Duff, Police, Tuan Hitam, Tunku Mohammad, Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor of Straits Settlement , Sultan Ahmad al-Muazam Syah, Hugh Clifford, British Resident, Tunku Ali (second son of Sultan) dan Tunku Kecil (third son of Sultan) standing between  Sultan and Clifford.



a rough sketch of the inner Pahang
and area controlled by individual warlords from Google.



All fence up now thanks to the effort of the local history group.








Remains of the foundation or pillars of the Lubok Terua police station
is all that is left after the area was cleared for planting oil palm.











Above is the old Raub police station build a few years after that at Lubok Terua
which would be of a smaller scale.



The zinc walled godown of the Raub Australian Gold  Mines and MPPC
by the riverbanks at Lubok Terua should look something like this.



Lubok Senggarat was where the first outbreak of the Pahang Rising happened.



The path to the river bend.



A signage explaining the clash in Malay,
on 16th December 1891




This  merbau tree was where a chain was tied to
and laid across the river to another similar tree
on the other side.
Dato Bahaman was said to be standing waiting on the rock
on the river bend and he pulled the chain to block and overturn the
boats carrying Mr Desborough the Tax collector,Mr W P Townson the Inspector of Mines,
Mr J Townson and 12 Sikh policemen.

The ambush at Lubok Senggarat







The merbau tree across the Semantan River.



A mural depicting the ambush at the Kg Mempateh internet center.



Panoramic view of Lubok Senggarat.















An old house from the same era with merbau wood
and zinc roof probably from the RAGM godown.





The house of Abu Samah Mohd Kassim a decendent of Dato Bahaman
who was a central committe member of Malayan Communist Party(PKM)  in the 70ies.





Bullet holes riddle the walls of this house when police came and failed to arrest him
during the Communist Insurgency



Another old house, dub the house without nails.





Menhir type stone marks of an old grave here.



Fishing at the sluice gates of the Paya Lanar  Irrigation Dam.











Scene by the bridge across the Semantan River at Mempateh.

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