Draft:Battle of Bukit Putus

Battle of Bukit Putus
Date 25 November –22 December 1875 Location Bukit Putus, Sungai Ujong-Tanah Mengandung border (all part of Negeri Sembilan) Result Sungai Ujong and British victory Tuanku Antah was instated as Yamtuan Besar of Seri Menanti Sungai Ujong, Rembau and Jelebu remained as independent states Formation of Seri Menanti Confederacy in 1880, ultimately modern day Negeri Sembilan (inclusion of Sungai Ujong, Jelebu and Rembau) and become part of the Federated Malay States in 1895
Belligerents
Sungai Ujong Supported by: United Kingdom	Seri Menanti
Commanders and leaders
Tengku Ahmad Tunggal Dato' Klana Syed Abdul Rahman P.J. Murray G.N. Channer	Tuanku Antah Dato' Siamang Gagap

The Battle of Bukit Putus (Malay: Perang Bukit Putus, Negeri Sembilan Malay: Poghang Bukik Putuih, Jawi: ڤراڠ بوكيت ڤوتوس) was a civil war that occured in 1875, fought between Tengku Ahmad Tunggal and Dato' Klana Syed Abdul Rahman, who were the heir apparent of the Seri Menanti throne and the Undang of Sungai Ujong; and Yamtuan Antah, the ruler of Seri Menanti at Bukit Putus in present day Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

Background

After gaining independence from the Johor Sultanate in 1773, Negeri Sembilan had been practicing elective monarchy whereby a council of chieftains, namely the Undang Yang Empat will have to elect one of the princes of the Pagaruyung dynasty to assume the role of Yamtuan Besar, with Raja Melewar being the first person to hold the title after the Sultan of Johor conferred the powers upon him to rule over the confederacy. After Melewar's death, the chieftains again sailed to Pagaruyung to choose a new royalty to be instated as Yamtuan Besar, of which the kingdom obliged by sending Raja Hitam. The last Sumatran-born Yamtuan Besar tu rule over Negeri Sembilan was Raja Lenggang whose begotten son Tunku Radin would take over his father's role as the first Yamtuan Besar to be born and bred in Negeri Sembilan. Tunku Imam, who was Yamtuan Radin's near relative, was later installed as the fifth Yamtuan Besar.