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Midpoint of the Penarikan Route, Bahau, Negeri Sembilan.The Muar River is the river to the left of Jempol River in the foreground. The Muar River formed part of the Penarikan, an ancient overland trade route, which was a short-cut from the west to the east coast of the Malay Peninsula.
In ancient times, the Muar and Pahang rivers were nearly connected at a place called Jempol specifically at the town of Bahau, in present-day Negeri Sembilan, where the Muar meets the Jempol River. The Serting River, not far from the confluence of the former two, flows into the Bera River, a tributary of the Pahang.
It is made popular by a phrase Batu Kikir Jambatan Bosi from a line of lyrics of a popular Negri folk song "Apo Kono Eh Jang", a nod to a former truss bridge that spans the Jempol River (right tributary of the Muar River) situated immediately north of the town, which had been the town's landmark until it was replaced by a more modern concrete ...
Headwaters of the Muar River near Kuala Pilah. The Muar, along with the Linggi , was one of the most important trade routes in medieval Negeri Sembilan. The Linggi River along the western part of the state, and the Muar River were used as major trade routes since the time of the Malacca Sultanate.
Bahau Small Clock Tower. The earliest recorded role of the area around Bahau is as a town along the "Denai Penarikan", a water-land route through the interior of Peninsular Malaysia, linking Muar, Johor in the west coast, to Pekan, Pahang in the east coast.
Rompin is a small town located in Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, on the banks of the Muar River. Rompin developed as a town for the local community nearby. The village around Rompin town is Kampung Baru Rompin, Kampung Rompin, Kampung Balai Cina, and Kampung Tanah Panjis. The east coastal railway line of the KTMB runs through Rompin.
Kuala Pilah is stuated at the upstream section of the Muar River on the eastern slopes of the Titiwangsa Mountains. It is an old valley town with many of the prewar Chinese shophouses still fronting the main streets surrounded by traditional Malay kampung houses built on stilts nestled among extensive rice fields.
Once the Malayans established themselves in the Muar River, [4] a lone Portuguese vessel sailing from Malacca spotted the large Malayan navy about 10 leagues away and quickly returned to Malacca to inform its captain Jorge de Albuquerque; who decided to face them in the sea and send ships there, however, the Portuguese encountered a heavy storm ...