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| Mount Ledang | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,276 m (4,186 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,204 m (3,950 ft) |
| Listing | Ribu |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Gunung Ledang (Malay) |
| Geography | |
  Mount Ledang Location in Malaysia | |
| Location | Tangkak District,Johor |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Inselberg |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hiking via Sagil Route (south) or Asahan Route (north) |
Mount Ledang (Malay:Gunung Ledang; historically also:Mount Ophir[1]) is amountain located inTangkak District,Johor,Malaysia. The summit is located next to thetripoint of Tangkak,Jasin andTampin districts, located in the states of Johor,Malacca andNegeri Sembilan, respectively. Standing at 1,276 m (4,186 ft),[2] it is the 64th highest mountain in Malaysia and the highest peak in Johor.
Mount Ledang is the centrepiece ofGunung Ledang National Park.
There are a few popular opinions regarding the origin of the mountain's name.
The attested version isJavanese during the period of theMajapahit empire named the mountain asGunong Ledang, which means 'lofty mountain', fromOld Javanese wordledang meaning 'show-off'.[3]
Another source (unattested) said that the Chinese seafarers plying theStraits of Malacca called itKim Sua meaning the 'golden mountain', likely from theHokkien orTeochew words:kim (金) meaning gold andsuann (山) meaning mountain.
Mount Ledang is one of the most celebrated mountains inMalay folklore, notably theLegend of Gunung Ledang. It is a folklore which told of a princess with magical powers who resided on the mountain. She was wooed to be the wife of the then Sultan ofMalacca,Sultan Mahmud Shah. However, she set seven impossible conditions for him as a means to reject his proposal.[2]
The conditions were:
Some versions of the legend say that theSultan was not able to fulfill any of these requests, while others say that he was able to fulfill the first six requests (thus causing the ruin of theMalacca Sultanate) but could not fulfill the final request which would have required him to kill his son.
Yet another version says that the Sultan approached his sons sleeping body and as he drew close with a dagger in hand the image of the Princess appeared before the Sultan and said to him that she could not possibly marry a man willing to wound his own son before vanishing, never to be seen again.
The point of the story is that the Sultan was either too proud or too blind to realise that the conditions were the Puteri's way of turning his proposal down.
Folklore has it that the gold and silver supposedly found on the mountain are attributed to; and a testament to this story. Hang Tuah and his companions were also learning theirsilat martial arts here on the top of this very mountain with asilat guru, Adiputera.
A traditional Malaypantun makes the mountain proverbial:
Berapa tinggi pucukpinang
Tinggi lagi asap api
Berapa tinggi Gunung Ledang
Tinggi lagi harapan hati.
However high is the trunk of thebetel-nut tree,
Higher is the smoke of fire.
However high is Mount Ledang,
Higher are the hopes of the heart.
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