Kuantan

Kuantan lies along the river of the same name in central Sumatra. The waterway, known farther downstream as the Indragiri, joins the highlands to the eastern lowlands. By the late seventeenth century the Kuantan region was known for products such as rattan, resins, honey and fragrant wood, which attracted merchants from across the Malay world. Traders travelled upriver from Indragiri, visiting riverside communities as they exchanged goods and brought Islamic teachings into the region.