Pahang

Pahang (Jawi: ڨهڠ) is the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia, occupying the huge Sungai Pahang river basin. It is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea.

History

Evidence for nomadic tribes living in the Pahang area go back to the Mesolithic Era. In more modern times, the tin and gold deposits of the Tembeling River attracted the marine traders of the Srivijaya empire. In the eighth and ninth century, and Pahang covered most of the southern half of the Malay Peninsula.

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Mesolithic - Tin - Gold - Tembeling River - Srivijaya - Eighth - Ninth - Malay Peninsula

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After the Srivijaya empire collapsed, around the 1000, Pahang was claimed first by Siam, and then by Sultanate of Malacca. Pahang was fought over by the Portuguese, the Dutch, Johor, and Aceh for most of the 16th century. During this time, its population was mostly killed or enslaved, its rulers murdered and its economy ruined. After the decline of Aceh in the mid-17th century, Pahang came under the rule of Johor. However, Sultans of Pahang, descended from the Malacca and the Bendahara Johor royal dynasties, have ruled the state almost continuously from 1470, and gradually recovered a great degree of autonomy.

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Siam - Sultanate of Malacca - Portuguese - Dutch - Johor - Aceh - Malacca

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From 1858 to 1863, Pahang was fought over in a civil war between the two sons of the reigning sultan. The war ended when Wan Ahmad was proclaimed the new sultan in 1887, but his role from that point onward was largely ceremonial, as the British forced him to sign a treaty bringing the country under control of a British Resident.

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1887 - British Resident

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In 1896, Pahang joined Selangor, Perak, and Negeri Sembilan in the Federated Malay States. This evolved into the Federation of Malaya in 1948 and into the Federation of Malaysia in 1963.

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1896 - Selangor - Perak - Negeri Sembilan - Federated Malay States - Federation of Malaya - 1948 - 1963

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