Perkembangan Pentafsiran Peristiwa Berkaitan Perjanjian Pangkor 1874 (The Development of Interpretations of Events Related to The Pangkor Treaty of 1874)

Abstract

The events that took place in the Larut district are significant in the course of Malaysian history. The British intervention policy led to the Pangkor Treaty of 1874, which marked the end of the Larut Wars and became the starting point of official British colonialism. The events that occurred in the Larut district are presented in historiography that keeps evolving with changes over time. Writingsconcerning this event are presented in three distinct groups of authors which are British officers, European scholars, and local scholars. This study will discuss the development of the historiography of the Larut district by focusing on the narrative of the Larut Wars (1861–1874) until the signing of the Pangkor Treaty 1874 based on existing works. The historical qualitative method is employedwith primary sources consisting of government documents and official records, to complement the secondary sources as the main data for presenting interpretations related to the event, such as books, articles, and book chapters. The results of this study find that the historiography of the Larut district has indeed undergone significant changes with the developments in the discipline of history as time progressed including the interpretation of the incidents of the Larut Wars series and the Pangkor Treaty of 1874.