According to Owen Rutter, a pirate by the name of Haji Abdullah appears in the historical record exactly once, in 1843, when he is turned over to the East India Company in Penang, then a part of the British Imperial Straits Settlements, by one of the many autonomous princes controlling the regions small port cities.
As stated by Owen Rutter, a notorious pirate named Haji Abdullah is recorded in historical accounts only once, in 1843, when he was transferred to the East India Company in Penang, which was at that time part of the British Straits Settlements, by one of the many local princes who controlled the region's smaller ports.