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of Malacca, 1 have now only another state to 

 mentton berore i come to the notice of Kedah, 

 viz. Perak. a country celebrated for its tin, and 

 to which it is in fact indebted for its name, 

 Ptrah, in Malayese, being siiver, a metal of the 

 same color. The original king of tliis country was 

 the BandUarra of Johnre, who was appointed to 

 the sovereignty by the Sulihaun of Johore, (from 

 whom nearly every Malayan principality orii^ina- 

 ted), under the title of Sulthaun MuzaffLt Shah. 

 U was a tribulary of Malacca, long priur to this 

 event, and its affairs were administered by a 

 Panghooloo, or minister, of that state. It however 

 never fetl under Siame-e iufluence until the 

 tianghty Emperor of Siam directed the king of 

 Ked'ah to attack it on the score of the Rajah of 

 Petak having refused to send the Bnnga Mas. 

 Mr. Anderson^ to whose valuable work I am so 

 much indebted for notices of these miuor stales, 

 thus relates the occurrence. The king of Que- 

 dah exlmusted every topic of counsel to persuade 

 the Rajah of Perak to comply, but in vain, and, 

 ** in reply to the admonitions of the Penang go- 

 vemment.the Perak chitif said, * nosuch custom 

 has been handed down to me from past tinies» 

 ** as the sending of the BungaMas either to Siam 

 or Qaedah; and positively refused compliance. 

 In another letter, he says, M am a king of the 

 " ancient race. I am he, who holds the royal 

 sword and the dragon betelstand, and the shell- 

 " fish, which came out of the sea, which came 

 " down from the hill of Segantang * and again, 

 ' 1 am the oldest of all the kings of these parts, 



• SupixMwd W Mr. Andenwn to be See<>,ntmfie Gaatan| In Menaflfjlja. 

 l,aw,whicMw«thii.!liilft aiiewIy origin, aurl prorai l^t it ww iiixl«- 

 f^endeiit of »t the dmc tbat It v-ta founded. 



