Where the Johor river opens onto the eastern approaches.
Pilots for the strait are hired here, and so is protection: a ship that has bought neither is at risk from the moment it rounds the point (board). Behind it a deep river runs back into the forest, navigable a long way up, the kind of river from which men tax or rob the narrows out of reach of a fleet. The Orang Laut of the Johor river hold it; no state is attested.
Johor Lama and Kota Tinggi as a seat are of the sixteenth century.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or headman of The Johor river mouth and the Kota Tinggi reach: where pilots and protection are hired
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
not known: no source names a lord, governor or headman for 1 January 1200
How things stand that morning
No lord, governor or garrison is named by any source for 1 January 1200. Treat as a landing or settlement on the route whose overlord, if any, is not known.
Places of note
- Kota Tinggi (the reach): The deep reach of the Johor river, the campaign board's base for pilots and toll-takers.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Thin: from the campaign board's inference, archaeology and later sources; nothing dated 1 January 1200 names it.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia (English): Orang Laut
- OMNIA board note (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.