Came from the kingdom of “SIAK SRI INDRAPURA”

KING MAHMUD PASSED AWAY IN THE CARRYING (A FOLKLORE), A SHORTE STORY. RENARATED BY: THE DESCENDANT OF SIAK SRI INDRAPURA KINGDOM IN THE RIAU PROVINCE, PEKAN BARU, TENGKU FUAD ALZAKIYAT AZHAR, PROFESSOR AND THE FOUNDER OF SELF-DEFENCE SYSTEM “MUTIARA PANCA RASA” (THE PEARL OF FIVE SENSES).

Around the 12 Century after the birth of Jesus Christ, the Islam religion spread into the Malacca Peninsula, Aceh, East Sumatra, Riau and other regions. So it happened, KING MAHMUD reigned the kingdom of SIAK SRI INDRAPURA. The Commanders of the Kingdom were two brothers who had a super natural power were; they were namely Commander MEGAT SRI RAMA (the older brother) who was Hinduism and Com-mander WAHAB (the younger brother) who was a Moslem. It was said, Sultan Mahmud (a Moslem), in his life was a king who had a super natural power, he was respected by his people and his enemies were afraid of him. The King was invulnerable to any weapon when his feet were on the ground. He was able to walk on the surface of a river, sea and he rode a tiger. Until nowadays, the Siak Sri Indrapura people call the said animal “Tengkes Tiger”

“Tengkes Tiger” means a tiger that has a crippled rear left leg. As it is narrated, the said tiger once had done wrong to the king and that The King punished it by beating its rear left leg and then crippled. The tiger is always able to be seen by the people who have a supernatural power in the anniversary coronation of the following Kings. It iss said that the tiger is crying because it remember its master. The tiger is also often seen in the tomb of Sultan Mahmud located in Kampong Gasip, around 5 kilometers from Siak Sri Indrapura.

In addition to his supernatural power and courage, the King had a bad character that was he got a lot of mistress. When he had the pleasure of a woman, so he would not pay any attention whether the said woman was somebody’s wife, a widow or whatever. So he would like to make an announcement to take the woman.

“SULTAN MAHMUD MANGKAT DIJULANG” means Sultan Mahmud passed away in the carrying (cloth). As the story goes, the king ordered Commander Megat Sri Rama to assemble all women in the whole country in a field, whether they were young, old widow man’s wife or a child girl. Commander Megat Sri Rama had a time to ask the King:

“SHALL I CALL MY WIFE TO ASSEMBLE TOO?  AS MY WIFE IS NOW IN HER THREE MONTH PREGNANCY”.