“JIKALAU anak cucu Tuanku dahulu mengubahkan perjanjian, anak cucu patik pun mengubahkan ia.”(If your descendants break your agreements, mine will do the same.)
So reads the climax of the agreement – the wa’ad – between Seri Teri Buana and Demang Lebar Daun as retold in what is popularly known as the Malay Annals, forming the basis of classical Malay government: that if the Ruler is fair, the people will be loyal in exchange. And vice versa, of course.
