Polity Perlis Kingdom

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Was a precolonial kingdom in the Malay Peninsula. It became a British Protectorate in 1909.

Establishment

  • May 1843: On 20 May 1843, the Siamese made Sayyid Hussain Jamalulail, the paternal grandson of a Hadhrami Arab Sayyid immigrant and maternal grandson of the Sultan of Kedah, became the first Raja of Perlis. This made Perlis as a sovereign state. His descendants still rule Perlis, but as rajas, instead of as sultans.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1910: The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 forced Siam to relinquish its southern Malay vassal states of Kelantan, Trengganu, and Monthon Syburi to Great Britain.