This was the town house and trading base of Tengku Baharuddin Tengku Meh, also known as Ku Din Ku Meh, whose country house in Penang was the ‘Udini House' in Bukit Gelugor, Ku Din was made High Commissioner of Setul in 1897 and Raja of Setul in 1902. He was conferred a Thai title ‘Phya Phuminath Pakdi' which means ‘The Devoted King'. Reputed to be the ‘Founder of Modern Setul', Ku Din was a distinguished administrator, a successful trader, and a man of Malay and Thai letters. This house later became the residence of his only son Tengku Zainul Abidin. |