Sutan Puasa founder of Kuala Lumpur
Who was the founder of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia? Textbook history credits the Bugis chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah, while the Chinese regard the third Kapitan China, Yap Ah Loy, as the legendary founder. But closer examination reveals that the founding myths of Kuala Lumpur have omi...
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Penang, Malaysia
Areca Books
2018
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Table of Contents:
- The naming of 'Kuala Lumpur'
- Who founded Kuala Lumpur?
- Sutan Puasa and the Mandailings in Kuala Lumpur
- The Padri War and the Sumatran diaspora
- The Mandailings and Rawas in the 'Western Malay States'
- The Mandailings in Upper Klang
- The expansion of mining in Klang
- The start of the Klang war
- Alliances and emmities in the Klang War
- Tunku Kudin's war on Kuala Lumpur
- A battle of annihilation
- 'Sutan Puasa's rebellion'
- Sutan Puasa returns to Kuala Lumpur