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Rentap, (1800–1863), atau nama lengkapnya Libau anak Ningkan, adalah pahlawan Malaysia yang berasal dari Sarawak. Ia adalah salah satu pahlawan suku Dayak Iban, Malaysia . Penjajahan Inggris.
Rentap (lahir sebagai Libau anak Ningkan, juga dikenali sebagai Libau Rentap) (1800–1863) ialah seorang pahlawan Iban-Dayak dan salah satu hero Iban yang dikenali di Sarawak (kini sebuah rantau di Malaysia) semasa pemerintahan pertama Raja Putih, James Brooke.
- Birth and Becoming A Warrior
- Rise of The White Rajah
- Sarawak Expansionism
- Continuing Confrontations
- First War Expedition to Sadok Hill
- Broadening Conflict
- Third War Expedition to Sadok Hill
- End of Rentap's Power and Death
- Legacy
- External Links
Rentap was born in the Skrang area in the Second Division in Sarawak. He was named Libau anak Ningkan by his father and mother, Ningkan and Imbong. They had five children, including Rentap. Not much was known about Rentap until he was appointed as a manok sabong(English: lead warrior, literally 'fighting cock') by Chief Orang Kaya Pemancha Dana "Ba...
James Brooke (1803–1868) was born in India and served as a cavalry lieutenant in the Bengal Army during the First Anglo-Burmese War, before retiring to England to recover from a serious wound. In 1833, he used an inheritance to purchase the schooner Royalist and began trading in the Far East. In August 1839, Brooke arrived in Kuching, Sarawak and g...
Nanga Skrang fort
In 1850, after Linggir's defeat at the Battle of Betting Maru, Brooke had a fort built at the junction of the Batang Skrang and the Batang Lupar rivers. The establishment of Fort James at Skrang prevented Rentap's warriors from joining those under Linggir and Aji (Dana Bayang's son) and blocked their passage to the South China Sea where they might raid the people living along the coast. While primarily a defensive measure to keep the peace, this was effectively an embargo against those who ha...
Battle of Lintang Batang
In 1853, Rentap gathered his men intending to attack the fort at Nanga Skrang and push his way to the South China Sea. In command of the fort, William Brereton learned of Rentap's approach and sent word to Alan Lee, who quickly arrived with a scratch party from a nearby fort.Lee urged Brereton to defend the fort rather than facing the Iban-Dayak warriors in the open, but Brereton had built a small stockade a few miles upriver and insisted on defending it. Brereton was lured out onto the open...
Peace talks
Brooke managed to entice Orang Kaya Gasing and the lower Skrang Iban to support him. In December 1853, Rentap and Bulan Apai Jelani agreed to meet with Brooke for a peace talk on the Skrang River. While Rentap was strongly opposed to the presence of white men, Jelani was the figurehead of a party that did not support either side of the conflict but watched to see which would win. Brooke was accompanied by his nephew, Charles Brooke, the Tuan Muda(heir presumptive to the White Rajah, literally...
Battle of Sungai Lang
Rentap and his followers continued strengthening his fort in Sungai Lang. This fort at the headwaters of the Skrang River, on a hill cleared of jungle, was surrounded by steep slopes with high stakes driven into the earth forming a thick stockade. In August 1854, Rajah James Brooke proceeded up the Skrang River with a large group of warriors, about 7,000 from the Dayak and the Malay community from Kuching. Due to poor health, Brooke stayed with a strong force to protect their war boats and ba...
Fort at Sadok Hill
Rentap's fort at Sadok Hill was regarded by the Iban Dayaks as impregnable. In the Iban-Dayak legends and chants, the Iban-Dayak community describe Sadok Hill (Bukit Sadok) as an inaccessible mountain, protected by the legendary characters of Panggau Libau – namely, Keling Bunga Nuing, Laja Bunga Jawa and many others – that no enemy would dare to attack it. Rentap had gathered all the Iban Dayaks from along the Skrang River who were faithful to him, and those in the upper Saribas River who of...
Brooke's attack on Rentap's allies
In April 1857, Charles Brooke with the Balau Iban from the lower Batang Lupar attacked Aji and OKP Nanang (sons of Dana Bayang) in the Padeh for supporting Rentap and attacking people along the coast who had submitted to the Sarawak government. After a very short fight, Aji and Nanang's longhouses were burnt by the Balau Dayaks. During this period, Charles Brooke continued the work of persuading chiefs to submit to the White Rajah's rule, rewarding them with open trade and the construction of...
On 2 June 1857, Charles Brooke organised a war expedition consisting of 3,500 Dayaks and 500 Malays to crush Rentap at his stronghold on Sadok Hill.By 8 June, they were building a stockade at Rapu, located at the end of Sadok Hill facing the position occupied by Rentap. Rentap's fort was formidable as it was surrounded by a cliff, and the walls wer...
Death of ally, Aji
Aji, the third son of Dana Bayang, continued to fight those who had submitted to Brooke's rule in the lower Layar river, travelling by land to bypass the fort at Betong. When the fort was completed in 1858, Aji made a show of defiance by having his warriors make a few exchanges of gunfire with the fort's defenders. In response, Charles Brooke led a force from the Skrang fort to punish Aji and his supporters. When they reached the mouth of the Sungai Langit, Aji suddenly appeared charging acro...
Second war expedition to Sadok Hill
In 1858, the Second Sadok Expedition, led by Charles Brooke, proceeded from the mouth of the Sungai Langit to the Nanga Tiga (three river mouths) at the Upper Layar River. Brooke's forces erected a stockade to leave their war boats and baggage, and advanced up-country. At Ulu Julau they defeated Mujah Buah Raya, burnt his longhouses and destroyed the surrounding paddy fields. The expedition reached the summit of Sadok Hill and erected a stockade within firing distance of a small mortar they h...
Alliance with Sharif Masahor
Luyoh, in anger over his brother Aji's death, went to Mukah and negotiated with Sharif Masahor. The Sharif was planning to rebel against the White Rajah, and promised to supply gunpowder to other rebels. Luyoh and his brother Nanang attempted to establish a stockade at the mouth of the Spak tributary, but it was attacked and demolished twice in a month by parties from the Betong fort. Luyoh and Nanang then joined Rentap at Sadok Hill. They brought with them a well-known cannon their father ha...
It was resolved in September 1861 that Sarawak forces under the command of Charles Brooke should make a third attack on Sadok Hill. On 16 October 1861 the expedition got underway, bringing with them large twelve-pounder brass cannon specially cast for the occasion in Kuching. The cannon was given the name Bujang Sadok(Sadok Bachelor). (It is on dis...
Rentap and his warriors did not surrender, but retreated to Bukit Lanjak Entimau at the headwaters of Batang Skrang, Lemanak and Engkari. He then moved down to the Ulu Entabai, the branch of Kanowit and Julau and built another fortress at Bukit Stulak. When he retired from fighting, he moved to Karangan Panggil in Ulu Wak, Pakan, and died of old ag...
Libau Rentap was a man of principle (kihin Iban). He was met with several victories and defeats but never once surrendered, even at expense of losing his homeland in Skrang after being forced to migrate to the further away northeastern region at Lanjak-Entimau Hill. He had been branded as a great rebellious Iban-Dayak war leader, and survived despi...
Libau "Rentap, the famous Iban Dayak rebel during the first two White Rajahs in Sarawak"[unreliable source?]Rentap atau nama sebenarnya Libau anak Ningkan, merupakan seorang tokoh pahlawan Iban-Dayak dan merupakan salah seorang wira Iban yang dikenali di Sarawak semasa pemerintahan Raja Putih atau nama sebenarnya James Brooke.
Jul 13, 2011 · Rentap adalah seorang panglima perang orang Iban yang tinggal di ulu Sungai Sekrang. Rentap yang menjadi ketua orang Iban telah menentang pemerintahan Brooke kerana Brooke merancang membanteras amalan kutipan cukai oleh ketua-ketua tempatan yang dianggap lanun olehnya, sedangkan ia merupakan sumber pendapatan tradisi ketua-ketua tempatan.
During his tenure as Governor, Brooke's most well-known Dayak opponent was the military commander Rentap; Brooke led three expeditions against him and finally defeated him at the Battle of Sadok Hill. During the expeditions, Brooke employed numerous Dayak troops, quipping that "only Dayaks can kill Dayaks".
Rentap - pahlawan Iban Rentap menggelar James Brooke lanun yang mahu rampas tanah penduduk. Sebut nama Rentap, penduduk Sarawak masih mengingati semangat penentangannya terhadap kuasa penjajah Inggeris yang diketuai James Brooke, ketika melebarkan kuasanya ke Borneo, pada abad ke-19.
