▁development ▁of ▁arts , ▁theatre , ▁live ▁performance ▁and ▁literature . ▁The ▁organisation ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁major ▁religious ▁celebr ations ▁in ▁R ia u - L ing ga , ▁Isra ▁and ▁Mi ' raj , ▁M aw l id , ▁E id ▁al - Ad ha , ▁E id ▁al - F it r ▁and ▁N uz ul ▁Q ur an . ▁The ▁association ▁also ▁organ ised ▁Islam ic ▁deb ates ▁and ▁intellectual ▁disc ourses , ▁so ▁un sur pr ising ly ▁it ▁developed ▁into ▁an ▁anti - colon ial ▁movement ▁later ▁in ▁its ▁history . ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁association ▁was ▁back ed ▁by ▁several ▁main ▁sources ▁- ▁spons or ship ▁by ▁the ▁s ultan ate , ▁' publish ing ▁houses ▁such ▁as ▁' Math ba ‘ at ▁al ▁A hm ad iah ▁( for ▁literature ) ▁and ▁Math ba ▁at ▁al ▁R ia u wi y ah ▁( for ▁government ▁gaz ettes ) ▁and ▁the ▁establishment ▁K ut ub ▁Kan ah ▁Mar hum ▁A hm adi ▁library . ▁ ▁The ▁literary ▁culture ▁of ▁the ▁R ia u - L ing ga ▁Sultan ate ▁began ▁to ▁st all ▁after ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁Dutch ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁mon archy , ▁resulting ▁in ▁an ▁ex od us ▁of ▁Mal ay ▁el ites ▁and ▁intellect uals ▁to ▁Singapore ▁and ▁Joh or . ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁ ▁A ▁prominent ▁figure ▁in ▁Mal ay ▁literature ▁in ▁the ▁R ia u - L ing ga ▁Sultan ate ▁was ▁Ali ▁H aj i