Mohamad Hanafi Abdul Rahman
THE ACCEPTENCE OF UPPER CLASS FOR THE
INTERVENE OF BRITISH IN TERENGGANU : AN ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION OR A CONTINUING CRUSADE
The intervene of british in Terengganu began in the
period of Sultan Umar (1839-1875) . there were two big incidents between the
ruler of erengganu and British where the
first : Major General Sir Orfeur Cavenangh( 1820-1891) , sent a protest letter
to warn Sultan to stop from helping Sultan
Ahmad of Pahang in Perang saudara
1857-1863. . This battle involved wan
Ahmad , his father in law and wan
Mutahir who been supported by the British .
The second, Cavenang
, same Major General in Singapore sent
two navies H.M.S.Scout and H.M.S. Coqutte then shooted the city of Kuala
Terengganu on 8 and 9
November 1862. Singapore Press reported that about 20 ancioent people were
murdered and homes and shops . apart of them was His palace , Istana Hijau,
that then he gave to Hj Kadir of Pasir Panjang to built mosque.
. this british
attacked as a warning because Sultan Umar protected his brother in law, Sultan
Mahmud Lingga who hided in Terengganu.
this sultan confronted British could not able to perhsued his leaving in
Terengganu some more long and then left to Patani.
This explains that British –from the beginning –utilized the
weapon in intervene of Terengganu administration.
During the period of Sultan Zainal abidin, (1881-1918), the setablishmet of straits
states made the threathen of British
became more over,
After seven years of ruling the state, British Berjaya pula
memerangkap ayahanda mertua Baginda, Sultan Ahmad caused Pahang to been
enforced of receive the first Resident on 24 August 1888M.
On 6 June 1886M, British sent Gabenor sir Frederic
Weld,the Resident of Perak ,and the Resident of Selangor dan some eight
officers to visit Terengganu and meet
Sultan Zainal Abidin.
On 8 September 1902,
Frank swetthenham went to Terengganu with a mission to advise Sultan Zainal Abidin for sign a treaty
which the contains is:
Sultan Terengganu tiada di benarkan membuat sebarang
perhubungan dengan kuasa asing melainkan menerusi kerajaan Siam. Sultan
Terengganu bertanggung jawab membayar gaji seorang Penasihat dan seorang
Penolong Penasihat yang di lantik oleh kerajaan Siam, di tempatkan di
Terengganu, dan nasihat mereka mengenai segala hal pentadbiran di Terengganu
hendaklah di ikuti kecuali perkara yang bersangkut paut dengan agama Islam dan
adat orang Melayu. Dan Raja Siam tidak
akan mencampuri hal ehwal pentadbiran dalam negeri Terengganu selagi negeri itu
dalam aman tenteram dan selagi negeri itu di perintah bagi faedah
penduduk-penduduknya( Buyong Adil )
In refusal the treaty, , Baginda had determinate that :
1)
He did not understand the
contain of treaty (1902) which been written in English and Siamese.
2)
He would sent a delegation
to Singapore for explaining that he was studying the contain of treaty.
3)
He would sent a delegation
to Siam to discuss about the relationship between Terengganu and Siam which
concern to the contain of treaty.
4)
He explained to Frank
Swetthenham that he was not in healty condition due to some disorder problems.
British signed the
British- Siamise treaty- of menanda tangani perjanjian Bangkok 1909 ini menjadi
satu cabaran yang sangat besar kepada umat Islam di Terengganu –
24 Mei 1909 His delegation met John
Anderson (the Governor of Straits States) in Singapore to refuse the treaty
that British and Siamise sign up without inform him first.
In July 1909 , British
officer , W.L. Conlay sent down to Terengganu as British agent , sebaliknya untuk
bertugas sebagai Ejen British
