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Raja Asal’s Mausoleum In Changkat Piatu
This photograph courtesy of National Museum shows Raja Asal’s mausoleum in Changkat Piatu, previously known as Pangkalan Kacha.
Raja Asal, son of Raja Ter’ala, of the Nasution clan from Maga, Mandailing, travelled together with his followers to Peninsula Malaya around 1840. Raja Asal was made the leader of the group of Mandailing migrants in Malaya. He arrived in Raub, Pahang and then fled to Selangor, after the Pahang War (1857-1863). After suffering losses in the Selangor War (1867-1873), he retreated to Slim, Perak.
However, his success in assisting the British to fight against the Raja Ngah, he being responsible for the death of J W W Birch, (British Resident in Perak), Raja Asal was granted the permission by Frank Swettenham to work mines between Kinta and Blanja. Hence, Pangkalan Kacha (now known as Changkat Piatu) became the first Mandailing settlement in Kinta, opened by Raja Asal.
Raja Asal passed away on 14 November 1877, and was buried at Changkat Piatu, on the banks of the Kinta River.
To read more about Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, click here.
To read more about J W W Birch click here.
To read more about Sultan Ismail's Village, Blanja, click here.
To read about the book of Raja Bilah and the Mandailings of Perak, click here.