ROLES OF STATE

In ruling the day-to-day affairs of the luak, the undang had a council of advisers, that is, the Orang Besar Undang (Ministers to the Undang), who were also called as Pegawaz" Pada Undang (Officials of the
U ndang) or Tongkat Sokong Pada Lembaga (Supports of the Lembaga)
There were four of them:

1. Datuk Raja Diraja from Suku Biduanda Jakun, who assumed the duties of secretary to the undang and         was in charge of the religious affairs
2. Datuk Menteri Lela Perkasa, also from Suku Biduanda Jakun, who was responsible for all judicial cases       of the state
3. Datuk Mangkubumi from Suku Biduanda Jawa whose responsibilities were collecting land revenues and        keeping account of the total state revenue besides looking after the treasury
4. Datuk Shahbandar from suku Biduanda Jakun and suku Biduanda Jawa by rotation who was responsible      to collecting import duties