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During the Malacca
Sultanate, there were several fighters and trusted
warriors of the various sultans and the most renowned among them were Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat. Hang Jebat is famously known as the champion of justice who
died a tragic death. Hang Jebat was killed by Hang Tuah.
He ran amuck after suffering a fatal wound from Hang Tuah's dagger, keris 'Taming Sari' to avenge the
Sultan's hasty punishment against Hang Tuah for a crime
he did not commit. Hang Jebat was subsequently accused by Hang Tuah
of 'derhaka' (contumacy).
The duel between two of
Malacca's most prominent warriors has left a permanent
question as to the moral behind Hang Jebat's deviant
reaction against the authority and the conventions by
which Hang Tuah exercised his conduct as a loyal subject
of the sultan. Nowadays, visitors can visit the
mausoleum where this great fighter lies buried.
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