Hulu Klang has meanwhile enjoyed unprecedented growth due to tin mining.

Between 1849 and 1850, Raja Abdullah bin Raja Jaafar, Raja Jumaat's cousin, had been appointed by the sultan as Klang's administrator.

As Lukut's economic importance was slowly declining, that of Hulu Klang was rising.

This had attracted many laborers to relocate here, especially Chinese immigrants who had worked in Lukut.

One person responsible for persuading the Chinese to move from Lukut to Hulu Klang is Sutan Puasa from Ampang, who supplies the mining colonies in Hulu Klang with goods ranging from rice to opium.

As Hulu Klang prospers, several settlements have started to rise up by the late 1860s.

Two of them are Klang and ...