page_title: Perak War
hierarchical_section_title: Perak War
caption_attribution_description: English: Description: Malayan Peninsula. Sultan Abdulla at Batak rabit on Perak river. Straits Settlements June 1874. Location: Batak Rabit, Malaya Date: June 1874 Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/484. This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. Please use the comments section below the pictures to share any information you have about the people, places or events shown. We have attempted to provide place information for the images automatically but our software may not have found the correct location. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library
context_page_description: The Perak War took place between British and local forces in Perak, a state in northwestern Malaysia. The sultan of Upper Perak and other local chiefs attempted to end foreign influence in the region and remove the British administrator James W.W. Birch. Following the murder of Birch in 1875, British forces were sent in to end local resistance.
context_section_description: The Perak War (1875–76) took place between British and local forces in Perak, a state in northwestern Malaysia. The sultan of Upper Perak and other local chiefs attempted to end foreign influence in the region and remove the British administrator James W.W. Birch.  Following the murder of Birch in 1875, British forces were sent in to end local resistance.
caption: Sultan Abdullah with Dato Sagor and J. W. W. Birch, 1874
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