Ban on Keris

Raja Muda · 7th February 2005, 05:25 AM

Salam Sejahtera and greetings.

I'm helping out a friend on an article she's writing on the Keris. I'm trying to recall when the keris was first banned as a weapon in the Malay states of the peninsula.
I vaguely remember the ban happening during the time of Sultan Hussein of Singapore (was Farquhar or Raffles governor at that time?).
I think the Sultan and the Temenggong implored the British East India company to not go through with the plan since a Malay would feel naked going out of his home without a Keris.
I've lost my only copy of Hikayat Abdullah which probably contained the relevant quotation.
Can anyone out there help

7th February 2005, 05:25 AM	#1
Raja Muda Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 100	Ban on Keris Salam Sejahtera and greetings. I'm helping out a friend on an article she's writing on the Keris. I'm trying to recall when the keris was first banned as a weapon in the Malay states of the peninsula. I vaguely remember the ban happening during the time of Sultan Hussein of Singapore (was Farquhar or Raffles governor at that time?). I think the Sultan and the Temenggong implored the British East India company to not go through with the plan since a Malay would feel naked going out of his home without a Keris. I've lost my only copy of Hikayat Abdullah which probably contained the relevant quotation. Can anyone out there help