Long Jaafar has been historically credited with the discovery of tin in Larut in 1848. According to legend, Long Jaafar had an elephant named Larut…
Ngah Ibrahim
Ngah Ibrahim was a Malay headman who succeeded his father Long Jaafar as headman and administrator of the district of Larut upon the death of his father in 1857. By…
Chin Ah Yam
Chin Seng Yam or commonly known as Chin Ah Yam (of Ho Hup Seah) was a famous Chinese Kapitan of Perak. He was a powerful…
Chung Keng Quee
*info form Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Keng_Quee Capitan China Chung Keng Quee was the founder and administrator of modern Taiping in Perak, Malaysia. Appointed “Capitan China” by the British in 1877, he was…