๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง?
๐ท๐๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ข, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ก๐ข ๐๐๐๐, ๐ค๐๐ a ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ก๐ข ๐ต๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐.
Datuk Jenaton's grave in Pesiaran Minden 1. Credit : Prof. Faridah Abdul Rashid USM https://www.facebook.com/faridah.abdulrashid
According to Prof A. Murad Merican, a sixth-generation member of the family, the history of Penang island began not after 1786 (the year Francis Light founded Penang) but much earlier โ in the early 1700s before Batu Uban was called Batu Uban. Batu Uban was not only a settlement; it was a town and a port then. [1]
Datuk Jenaton's grave in Pesiaran Minden 1. An interested aspect about Dato' Jenaton's grave is that it is much longer than most Muslim graves. This is to denote his high status within the society as well as his position as founder of the settlement. Credit : Prof. Faridah Abdul Rashid USM https://www.facebook.com/faridah.abdulrashid
The Batu Uban of today is also the site of a number of high-rise residential properties such as Sunny Ville, Villa Sri Kenanga, E-Park and N-Park.
Prof A. Murad Merican is a sixth-generation member of the family. Credit: www.conference.unimas.my
โJenaton was a Minangkabau court prince and a chieftain in Batu Bara, Sumatra, before leaving for Penang in early 1749,โ he said, adding that prior to that, Jenaton frequently travelled between Penang, Kedah and Batu Bara for trading activities.
Credit : Prof. Faridah Abdul Rashid USM https://www.facebook.com/faridah.abdulrashid
Dr Ahmad Murad said Jenaton was one of the earliest settlers in Penang after being awarded a 40.47ha piece of land by then Sultan of Kedah Sultan Muhamad Jiwa Zainal Azilin Muโadzam Shah II.
โThe land was a gift from the Sultan for Jenatonโs help in strategising Kedahโs war against the Achenese and the Bugis back then,โ he said.
He added that the land encompassed Batu Uban, Minden Heights and Bukit Gelugor, where Jenaton ventured into farming and trading by planting coconuts and sugar cane. [2]
Dato' Jenaton passed away in 1789 and was buried within his property in Batu Uban. As with many of the historic sights in Penang, the grave of Dato' Jenaton is today engulfed by urbanization and development. The land which he first cleared is today occupied by the Universiti Sains Malaysia and Minden Heights.[3]
An interesting aspect about Dato' Jenaton's grave is that it is much longer than most Muslim graves. This is to denote his high status within the society as well as his position as founder of the settlement. Another curious aspect is that it is not anywhere near the Batu Uban Mosque or Sungai Gelugor Mosque. There was probably a Muslim chapel or surau in its proximity when the graveyard was established, but this has long disappeared.
The great manโs grandson: This is a drawing from the book by John Anderson (1826) Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra in 1823. The person sitting fourth from left is, was Datuk Muda Husin, the Datuk Bogak Batubara Tanah Datar, the grand son of Datuk Jenaton. Husin is the closest that we can get of the image of Datuk Jenaton. โ Pix and caption courtesy of Prof A. Murad Merican. Credit: [1] https://newsstand.thestar.com.my/penang-s-history-my...
The Jenaton family has a Facebook page. Visit https://www.facebook.com/KeluargaDatoJenaton
๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐? ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!
Sources: [1] https://newsstand.thestar.com.my/penang-s-history-my... [2] https://www.thestar.com.my/.../a-family-gathering-like-no... [3] http://www.penang-traveltips.com/dato-jenatons-grave.htm Books to buy: https://kawahbuku.com/.../batu-uban-sejarah-awal-pulau.../ Site to read: https://262bandahilir.blogspot.com/2012_05_22_archive..