During these disturbances in Larut, Lower Perak and the Malays generally were living peaceably under Ismail, their elected Sultan. Abdullah, who was regarded as his rival, was a fugitive, with neither followers, money, nor credit. He had, however, friends in Singapore, to one of whom, Kim Cheng, a well-known Chinaman, he had promised a lucrative appointment if he would prevail on the Straits authorities to recognize him as Sultan. Lord Kimberley had previously instructed the Governor to consider the expediency of introducing the “Residential system” into “any of the Malay States,” and the occasion soon presented itself. An English merchant in Singapore and Kim Cheng drafted a letter to the Governor, which Abdullah signed, in which this chief expressed his desire to place Perak under British protection,* and “to have a man of sufficient abilities to show him a good system of government.” - Read about the Larut wars in Perak from Nothing is known of the early settlement of Perak. onwards, it details the interesting history of how it came under the British with the help of a Chinaman called Kim Cheng. Click the URL below to go to Chapter 23: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/bird/isabella/golden/chapter23.html
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