What Is Mat Salleh

While mat salleh was used very often during the colonial era there were other less known mats with which malaysians used to refer to western men.

What is mat salleh.

Datu paduka mohammad salleh bin datu balu dilahirkan di inanam sabah dan berketurunan bajau suluk beliau memang terkenal dengan sifat kepahlawanan dan keberanian berperang. Datu paduka mohammad salleh bin datu balu lebih dikenali dengan mudah sebagai mat salleh merupakan pejuang sabah yang terkenal dalam penentangan terhadap penjajahan british di sabah. The mat salleh rebellion was a series of major armed disturbances against the colonial british north borneo chartered company administration in north borneo now the malaysian state of sabah. Ever wonder why we call westerners mat salleh.

Mat salleh rebellion was a series of major disturbances in north borneo now the malaysian state of sabah from 1894 to 1900 it was instigated by datu muhammad salleh better known as mat salleh. In malay mat is the common denominator used to address persons back in the day. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Hence the term mat salleh refers to an albino man. It was instigated by datu muhammad salleh also known as mat salleh a local chief from the lingkabo district and sugut river. The word salleh is the outdated spelling for the word salih in malay meaning albino or white due lack of skin pigmentation.