 The district of "Setiu" is believed to have taken its name from a "Tok Setiu", a Bugis commander who escaped the Dutch conquest of the Indonesian archipelago in the 19th century and immigrated to Terengganu.The Sultan allowed Tok Setiu and his followers to open a kampong in the plains located north of Kuala Terengganu.Setiu, as a district, had existed as early as the 1920s, with a smaller territory than its present-day borders, during the early days of British protection over Terengganu.