..THE CHINESE IN PENANG:
..A PICTORIAL HISTORY

..DAYS GONE BYE:
..GROWING UP IN PENANG

..ROAD TO DAWN: FILMING
..IN PENANG

..TULILA: MUZIK BUJUKAN
..MANDAILING

..PENANG, THROUGH GUILDED
..DOORS

..MORE THAN MERCHANTS

..PENANG TRAMS,
..TROLLEYBUSES & RAILWAYS


..OUR MALAYSIA

..KINTA VALLEY

..PENANG POSTCARDS
..COLLECTION


..STREETS OF GEORGE TOWN,
..PENANG


..RAJA BILAH AND
..THE MANDAILINGS
..IN PERAK


..WATER WATCH



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The Chinese in Penang: A Pictorial Essay • Days Gone Bye: Growing Up in Penang • Road to Dawn: Fliming in Penang • Tulila: Muzik Bujukan MandalingPenang, Through Gilded Doors • More Than Merchants: A History of the German-speaking Community in Penang 1800s-1940s • Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History 1880s-1963 • Our Malaysia: Multi-Cultural Activity Book for Young Malaysians • Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development • Penang Postcards Collection: 1899-1930s • Streets of George Town, Penang: An Illustrated Guide to Penang’s City Streets & Historic Attractions • Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 • Water Watch – A Community Action Guide • Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History 1880s-1963 • Our Malaysia: Multi-Cultural Activity Book for Young Malaysians • Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development • Penang Postcards Collection: 1899-1930s • Streets of George Town, Penang: An Illustrated Guide to Penang’s City Streets & Historic Attractions • Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 • Water Watch – A Community Action Guide

Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911
Abdur-Razzaq Lubis & Khoo Salma Nasution
Preface by Khoo Kay Kim

Contents

Preface
By Dato' Dr. Khoo Kay Kim, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Malaya

The Padri War and Raja Bilah's Migration to the Peninsula

Raja Asal and Raja Bilah in Perak

Papan Mines

Raja Bilah, Collector of Tin Duties

Expedition to Slim & Bernam

'Mines are in Full Swing'

Raja Bilah, The Penghulu of Papan

Resistance to Crovee Labour in Lambor

Tok Stia Raja and the Early Development of Batu Gajah

The Papan Mosque and Islamic Administration

The Identity of the 'Malay Miners' in Kinta

Forest Conservation Destroys the Relau Semut Industry

The 1887 Papan Riots

Raja Bilah in Debt

The Mandailing Pioneers of Kinta

Imam Prang Ja Barumun, a 'Maker of Kinta'

The Gopeng Contingent

Kinta Through the Eyes of Abu Bakar

The Mandailing Cultivators

Raja Mahmud of Sengat

Raja Ya'qub as a Young Man

The Rumah Besar and Shophouses in Papan

Letters to Raja Bilah

The Penghulu's Court

Raja Bilah goes on Hajj

Raja Bilah's Will

Appendix 1: Raja Bilah's Family Tree
Appendix II: Raja Bilah's Children
Appendix III: Raja Bilah's Grandchildren

Notes

List of Illustrations

Bibliography

Index

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