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Based on Salasilah Raja-Raja Perak (Perak Royal Genealogy), the Perak Sultanate was formed in the early 16th century on the banks of the Perak River by the eldest son of Mahmud Shah, the 8th Sultan of Malacca.
Perak has been around since the pre-historic era. Kota Tampan in Lenggong is the only source of evidence of its existence since the Palaeolithic Age in Tanah Melayu. Starting from 400,000 to 8,000 years B.C, Perak has gone through a series of evolutions.
Negeri Perak lebih dikenali setelah kekayaan buminya diketahui iaitu ekoran dari penemuan bijih timah di Larut pada tahun l848 oleh Cik Long Jaafar. Dengan kejumpaan ini ekonomi Negeri Perak berkembang dengan pesat dan lebih banyak kawasan perlombongan dibuka.
Perak, traditional region, northwestern West Malaysia (Malaya), bordering Thailand to the north and fronting the Strait of Malacca to the west. Its area includes a large portion of West Malaysia’s west-coast plains and centres upon the Perak River, which flows north-to-south between the Keledang.
BRIEF HISTORY. The history of the state of Perak (Negeri Perak Dar ur-Ridzwan) begins in 1528 with the installation of Sultan Muzaffar Shah I, a descendent of Sultan Mahmud Shah of Malacca. The dynasty is thus directly descended from the old ruling house of Malacca.
Learn about the history of Perak, one of the oldest states in Malaysia, from this digital flipbook published by the National Library of Malaysia.
Perak is heir to the Malaysian history that came to a close in 1511 with the capture of Malacca by the Portuguese. The leaders of the Malaccan empire retreated south to Johor, where they re-established their power.
