Kita beralih ke sejumlah tempat yang baru sahaja dilawati beberapa hari lalu.
We move to a number of places which have just been visited a few days ago.
Hujung minggu baru ini saya kembali ke kampung ibu di Muar lalu mengambil peluang menziarah makam ini.
The recent weekend I returned to my mother's native village in Muar and took the chance to visit this tomb.
Walaupun saya sudah sampai 2-3 kali sebelum ini, baru seminggu sebelumnya saya mendapat kepastian dari seorang rakan bahawa yang disemadikan adalah seorang tokoh yang dikenali sebagai Tok Bentayan.
Although I have been here 2-3 times before this, it's just a week before that I got confirmation from a friend that the person laid to rest here is a figure known as Tok Bentayan.
Bentayan adalah nama lama kawasan sekitar ini. Masih ada sebuah sungai kecil berdekatan bernama Sungai Bentayan yang mengalir masuk ke Sungai Muar cuma 1-2 km dari sini. Panggilan Tok Bentayan menandakan beliau orang besar sini dahulukala. Sebuah salasilah menyatakan nama sebenar beliau sebagai Sayyid Hussin @ Hashim Jamalulail yang datang dari Iraq abad ke 17 Masihi.
Bentayan is the old name of the area around here. There still is a small river nearby called Sungai (river of) Bentayan which flows into the Muar river just 1-2 km from here. The calling Tok (literarily the elder of) Bentayan connotates him as an important person here of olden times. A genealogical chart mentioned his real name as Sayyid Hussin @ Hashim Jamalulail who came from Iraq 17th century AD.
Ini nampaknya adalah makam isteri beliau. Saya tidak tahu namanya.
This looks like the tomb of his wife. I do not know her name.
Salasilah sama menyebut Tok Bentayan sebagai moyang kepada ibu kepada seorang tokoh dipanggil Tok Tenang yang sangat terkenal di Segamat abad ke 18. Rujuk Makam (Tomb of) Tok Tenang. Berpandukan pada salasilah itu Tok Bentayan nampaknya segenerasi dengan pembuka Lenga di Muar, Sheikh Abdullah Sabihu yang dikenali sebagai Moyang Lenga. Rujuk Makam (Tomb of) Sheikh Abdullah Sabihu.
The same genealogical chart mentioned Tok Bentayan as the great-grandfather to the mother of a figure called Tok Tenang which was very famous in Segamat in the 18th century. Refer Makam (Tomb of) Tok Tenang. Guided by that chart Tok Bentayan looks like of the same generation to the person who opened up Lenga in Muar, Sheikh Abdullah Sabihu who is also knowned as Moyang Lenga. Refer Makam (Tomb of) Sheikh Abdullah Sabihu.
Nota tambahan, dibuat 20 Okt 2013 : Seorang pembaca baru memberitahu bahawa makam ini milik orang yang bernama Hj Md Said (Tok Andak) bin Penghulu Marsah bin Tok Senin. Maka itu biar ditambah tanda soal pada tajuk artikel. Rujuk ruangan komen...
Additional note, made 20 Oct 2013 : A reader have just informed that this tomb belongs to a person named Hj Md Said (Tok Andak) bin Penghulu Marsah bin Tok Senin. Thus let a question mark be added to the title of the article. Refer to the comment section...