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.
According to Owen Rutter, a pirate known as Haji Abdullah is documented in historical records only once, in 1843, when he was handed over to the East India Company in Penang, which was then part of the British Imperial Straits Settlements, by one of the many independent princes controlling the region's small port towns.