 Due to internal strife within Pahang, the British pressured Sultan Ahmad to acquiesce to the presence of a British adviser.Aided by Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor and William Fraser of the Pahang Mining Company, they succeeded in convincing Sultan Ahmad to accept a British agent, Hugh Clifford, in December 1887.In October 1888, Sultan Ahmad reluctantly accepted John Pickersgill Rodger as Pahang's first Resident.