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The Naning War | |||||||||
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Robert Ibbetson William Thomas Lewis | Dol Said |
The Naning War, also known as the Naning conflict or the Naning revolt (6 August 1831 – 15 June 1832), was a conflict in the territories surrounding the city of Malacca, which was then part of the Straits Settlements.[1]
The conflict was fought between the British East India Company (EIC), which had taken control of Malacca and its surrounding regions from the Dutch in 1824, and the Malay chiefdom of Naning which bordered Malacca. Issues that led to the Naning War included growing British interests in the Malay Peninsula, as well as a disagreement over the extent of British jurisdiction over and right to impose taxation on Naning. The British defeated Naning after two military expeditions, and fully incorporated the territory under Malacca's jurisdiction.
The conflict was one of the earliest examples of British intervention in the Malay states. However, the high monetary cost of the conflict lead the British to adopt a less aggressive approach in their further interactions with the Malay states. They instead relied on politically influencing the Malay states, which culminated with the Treaty of Pangkor in 1874 and the introduction of the 'resident system'.[1] Today, Dol Said, the chief (Penghulu) of Naning, is regarded as a nationalist hero in Malaysia for standing up to foreign aggression.[2]
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