Me feels many Malaysian citizens have heard the name Dol Said, a Malay fighter who fought again the rule of the colonialist English (or British?). Now, let us pay a visit to his tomb. Come! :]
Around 1km from the PLUS highway tol building in Alor Gajah, Melaka, on the main road heading to Negeri Sembilan, one could see this mosque with the signboard just besides the road...
Dari tepian masjid, boleh kelihatan sebuah bangunan kuning makam yang terserlah...
From the sides of the mosque, one could see a yellow tomb building which stands out...
Saya terpaksa turun melalui tangga yang kelihatan ini untuk sampai ke sekitar makam itu!
I had to climb down using the ladder seen here to get to the area around the tomb!
As it is the mosque lies on a hill slope, besides it is a medium sized cemetery area... There's also a few other tombs which stand out, but I don't know to whom it belongs to.
Inilah makam Dol Said...
This is the tomb of Dol Said...
Who is Dol Said? He is the 9th chief of the province of Naning, installed in the year 1802. The English in Melaka demanded that Naning should a pay a measure of tax but Dol Said refused. And so Naning was attacked by the English but Dol Said and his people managed to repulse the invaders!
Naning was attacked again in May 1832. The number of those killed from both sides made Dol Said surrender in 1834... This is because many of those killed were Malays too. Because the English managed to garner the support of some Malays from a different group to go along attacking Naning!
Dol Said diberi pencen oleh Inggeris. Beliau meninggal dunia 1849.
Dol Said was given pension by the English. He died in the year 1849.
From the tomb of Dol Said, I looked again at the mosque. Then only I saw an easier route to get to the tomb from the mosque that is on the left inside this picture!
Gambar makam Dol Said berserta masjid...
A picture of the tomb of Dol Said along with the mosque...
When I came back up to the mosque, then only I realised this is the mosque of Taboh Naning. Came the feeling that one day I must spend the night here. That's all! :]
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thank you a lot for this..it really helped me !!! Sangat baik !!
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