Colonial Penang’s Southern Frontier: Tin, Treaties and the Pangkor Connection

Colonial Penang’s Southern Frontier: Tin, Treaties and the Pangkor Connection
“View looking South from hill on Pulo Pangkor.” Dated 1874. Likely taken during the Pangkor talks. The HMCS Pluto can be seen in the bay (possibly Teluk Raja Bayang). Source: The National Archives (UK).

THE NAME PANGKOR was mentioned as far back as 1511 by Sulaymān al-Mahrī in his treatise al-Minhāj al-Fākhir fī ʿIlm al-Baḥr al-Zākhir (The Precious Method on the Science of the Rising Sea). He states that sailing past Falu Finanj (Pulau Pinang) towards Malaqa (Melaka), one will first encounter Dengdeng (Dinding) and then Bankūr Lau (Pangkor Laut).

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