His will decreed the house never to be sold, ensuring the mansion's future, even as other residences fell into disrepair and demolition, often to be replaced by skyscrapers.
Other mansions were replaced by skyscrapers.
Unity among them and the east coast communities trading with the Thais, Indochinese, and Chinese came from their shared rice economy, language, Islamic culture, and political and social customs inherited from the Melaka sultanate.