The Thousand Mask Warrior

Johor - Riau Sultanate

Jung, who was ruled by King Nio, decided to dock in the state of the Johor Sultanate before leaving by road to Malacca.

Malacca is not currently held by Malay rulers and kings, but by Pranggi Caucasians. Complicated relations occur in the countries around the Malaya strait where the Malay nation states are located, making Datuk Mas Kuning must really pay attention to the turmoil that occurred so they are not wrong way.

The conquest of Pranggi over Malacca in 1511 AD made Malacca a country that often ignited the flames of hostility because it was ruled by foreigners who took it from the Malay King. But because Datuk Mas Kuning stressed that they should still leave for Malacca for a business before proceeding to Pattani and Ayutthaya, instead of sailing directly to Ayutthaya, the center of the Siamese nation, then that stopover is inevitable.

The history of Johor begins during the reign of the Sultanate of Malacca where previously the Johor area was part of the Sultanate of Malacca, before then Malacca fell due to the conquest of Pranggi in 1511 AD. From this it is known the close historical relationship between Malacca and Johor. After the death of Sultan of Malacca named Mahmud Shah in 1528 AD in Kampar, Sultan Alauddin Shah, one of the sons of the king of Malacca, made Johor as the center of his government and which later became known as the Sultanate of Johor.

After Sultan Alauddin Syah built a new center of government in the Johor River estuary, from here the resistance to the conquest of Pranggi continued and continued. At the same time, from the northern region of Samudra Melayu Island, a new power emerged in the Sultanate of Aceh which began to expand its territory by conquering several Malay areas and trying to move shipping lanes in the Strait of Melaka. The Aceh Sultanate also tried to attack the position of Pranggi in Malacca, also attacking the position of the Sultan of Johor. Finally in 1613 AD, Sultan Iskandar Muda conquered Johor, the Sultan of Johor and all his relatives were taken captive and taken to Aceh.

The old Johor Sultanate, sometimes also called the Johor-Riau Sultanate, was founded in the first half of the 16th century AD by the Malacca sultan

lingkan, who later ruled together with his heirs, was one of the country's powers that competed fiercely to solidify his role as Malacca's heirs that Pranggi had annexed.

The time when Jayaseta's entourage sailed to the state of the Sultanate of Johor was the beginning of the peak of its fame and authority where the Sultanate of Johor-Riau slowly received oaths of loyalty from the people living in the whole area that span the sanpai the southern parts of the Malay Peninsula, the Riau Islands and the island of Singapore were called Temasek during the Majapahit kingdom, the Anambas islands, Tambelan and Natuna island groups, the area around the Sambas River on the island of Tanjung Pura in the southwest and Siak in the middle-eastern Malay Ocean island.

In addition, the Johor-Riau Sultanate also stated that the people ruled by the rulers of Kampar, the treasurers of Pahang and Terengganu were its subjects. Furthermore, among his allies, there was Champa whose ruler had embraced Islam and established official relations with Johor in 1606 AD.

Not surprisingly, Datuk Mas Kuning explained his experience while exploring and learning various types of canuragan silat Melayu in Johor, Malacca to Pattani. Because, it turns out, Johor's relationship with Sambas, where he forged knowledge with the Chinese teacher first, was quite close.

Because of the extent of the power of the Sultanate of Johor in the Malay land, then there is also the diversity of the population and the region. Characteristics of the power of Malay state in the period at this time is that the rulers pay attention to the community and not to the land or region so that the style of loyalty of the population is flowing and not fixed.

Because of the sense of loyalty among its liquid population, there are many gray areas within a range of state power areas, especially in border areas. It can be seen that the grandfathers and emperors paid tribute and declared allegiance to more than one emperor at the same time.

Ri’ayat Shah Keriga with Dutch admiral Jacob van Heemskerk. Even Johor is one of the forces in the archipelago that first sent state envoys to the Land of Walanda in 1603 AD. When three years later the Johor embassy envoys returned safely aboard the battleship Admiral Matelieff, two treaties were formalized between Johor and the VOC in 1606 AD.

In conclusion, like many other countries and kingdoms in Java as well, the Malay kingdom has its own interests. Hatred of the Pranggi people is not in line with cooperation with the Walanda boule, even though the strength of Walanda is also opposed in many places, especially by Mataram on the island of Java.

Many powerful Datuk and landlords played an important role and benefited themselves and their own groups. Tension is everywhere.

For example, the tension between the Datuk Johor and Riau with the rulers in Jambi in fighting for power, business and land or territory and land.

The Johor and Riau warriors are known for their full-locking fighting style, elbow and twin sword games are often problematic and fight with Jambi warriors who are also famous for their twin blades and swords called duo knives and swords, which are also known as the two swords, as well as the movements of sloping footsteps and turning hands and weapons on the head like people are combing as a form of defense and counter-attacking.

These disputing groups use the magic warriors who also both slip badik mashed pepper or mashed lado, a weapon that is familiar to use by the Malay tribes in Riau and Jambi, as well as coastal Malay of the Eastern Ocean islands such as Deli Malay and Serdang Malay. This stabbing weapon is similar to the badminton of the Bugis and Mangkasara people - who are also influenced by them - but also similar to the straight keris of the island of Java.

The warrior and warrior group of Johor and Riau under the leadership of Datuk Sri Harimau Selatan against the fighters under the orders of Datuk Meghak Bulunyo Megha or more or less interpreted with Datuk Bulunya Merah from Jambi.

I don't know what kind of journey will be spread in front of Jaayaseta's entourage in the Sultanate of Johor. Datuk Mas Kuning's heart intended to avoid direct travel to the port of Malacca, even in contact with the lively swordsman-to-scholar rivalry between the Sultanate of Johor-Riau and the Kingdom of Jambi.

However, whether for some time later in this Malay land, Jayaseta will also get a great experience in his life to become a plenary swordsman to try the science of kanuragan a famous swordsman Kerinci fast, and, the trussed silat is called Step Two and Step Three, without the use of weapons.

Jayaseta will get valuable and meaningful supplies from Kerinci swordsman in the form of empty-handed silat, which will be of great benefit when he faces extraordinary and supernatural forces in Ayutthaya.