Taming Sari
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The Taming Sari Keris is a very famous kris in Malay culture. It is equivalent to King Arthur's "Excalibur" and was allegedly owned by the legendary Malay warrior Hang Tuah. The kris is said to possess magical powers.
It is stated that Hang Tuah gave this Keris to Tun Mamat to be returned to Sultan Mahmud Shah 1488-1511 when he failed to bring back the Princess from Gunung Ledang. Hang Tuah then disappeared and never returned to the palace and Malacca.
It was special in that it was made of twenty one types of iron - supposedly metal left over from the forging of the bolts of the Ka'aba. It was said that Taming Sari could do Hang Tuah's fighting for him - if Hang Tuah were menaced or in any way endangered, the keris would leap out of its sheath all by itself, fly through the air and attack the assailant, moving in the air whichever way the assailant dodged or turned, until it hit its mark. The whole of the sampir and batang are covered in gold leaf, making it a keris gabus or keris terapang.
The kris still exists today and is part of the regalia of Sultan Azlan Shah, the Sultan of Perak, Malaysia.
