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The Pasir Salak Historical Complex (Malay: Kompleks Sejarah Pasir Salak) is a historical complex in Pasir Salak, Perak Tengah District, Perak, Malaysia. History [ edit ]
Pasir Salak is a mukim and historical riverside town in Perak Tengah District, Perak, Malaysia, about 45 minutes from the state capital, Ipoh.. The British colonial official J.W.W. Birch, who had been sent to take up the position of the first British Resident in Perak, was assassinated at Pasir Salak as the result of a conspiracy involving the local chiefs Dato Maharaja Lela and Sepuntum.
James Wheeler Woodford Birch, commonly known as J. W. W. Birch (3 April 1826 – 2 November 1875) was a British colonial official who was assassinated in the Malay state of Perak in 1875, an event that led to the outbreak of the Perak War and ultimately to the extension of British political influence over the Malay Peninsula.
Dato Maharaja Lela or Lela Pandak Lam (died on 20 January 1877) was a tribal chief from Perak, who is known for his assassination of James W. W. Birch, the British Resident of Perak, on 2 November 1875. [1] He was a local leader who later led the struggle against British forces in Perak. Together with other leaders such as Dato' Sagor, he ...
A skirmish happened near a Malay-held stockade near Bandar Tua, Perak on 7 November 1875 involving around 106 British soldiers. This was the first battle in the war. Encountering unexpected resistance, the battle ended with the retreat of the British detachment, who lost 4 men including Captain Innes, an officer.
On the literary front, when he was the Chief Minister of Perak, he wrote a book entitled “Pasir Salak: Sehamparan Sejarah Perjuangan”, a book about the Malay rebellion against British rule in Perak on 2 November 1875, and at the same time he also produced assortments of pamphlets and booklets on tourism for Pasir Salak and Perak.
This is a list of the British Residents of Malay State of Perak, British Malaya. [1] The position of Resident was an administrative post. By the terms of the Pangkor Treaty , the Resident was an adviser to His Highness Sultan of Perak whose decisions were binding in all matters in administration except for Malay customs and religion.
Sultan Ismail Muabidin Riayat Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Thith Hitam (Marhum Mangkat di Skudai) – 25th Sultan of Perak (1871–1874) (died: unknown date) – exiled from Perak after the assassination of British Resident of Perak, JWW Birch in Pasir Salak on 2 November 1875.