[10] Baba Ounus Saldin was the publisher, editor and lithographer of Alamat Lankapuri.

[3][11] Saldin set up a printing press by the name of Alamat Langkapuri Press, which gained fame in the Muslim community of the island (which printed Muslim Malay and Arabu-Tamil literature).

[3][12] The publication carried local and world news, as well as syairs, pantuns and other forms of traditional poetry.

[14] The publishing of Alamat Lankapuri was not a profitable venue for Saldin's private finances.

[11] Alamat Lankapuri and Wajah Selong were the only two papers of their kind in the history of the country.