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15-539: A number of towns are on the banks of the river including the royal town of Kuala Kangsar . Most of the settlements in what is today Perak were situated near the river until the 19th century, when tin deposits were discovered elsewhere, most notably Ipoh . One of the streams that flows into the Perak River is known locally as the Sungai Kangsar ( Kangsar River ). The portion that enjoins the main Perak River

30-679: Is known as Kuala. Overlooking the river bank there is a hill where the British Resident for Perak resided and appropriately named as Bukit Residen (Residence Hill). During the British occupation the British Resident being Advisor to the Sultan will conduct the Council Meeting with the Sultan and Chieftains from the districts at Bukit Residen. The council meeting was usually a pompous event with Chieftains coming with sailing boats and

45-475: Is the royal town of Perak , Malaysia . It is located at the downstream of Kangsar River where it joins the Perak River , approximately 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Ipoh , Perak 's capital, and 98 km (61 mi) southeast of George Town , Penang . It is the main town in the administrative district of Kuala Kangsar , about 235 km from Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. The town is administered by

60-609: The Bintang Mountains serves as a drainage divide between the Kerian River basin in the west and the Perak River in the east. The river has many tributaries , including Bidor River and the Kinta River . 4°01′N 100°47′E  /  4.017°N 100.783°E  / 4.017; 100.783 Kuala Kangsar Kuala Kangsar ( Perak Malay : Kole Kangso ; Jawi : كوالا كڠسر ‎)

75-661: The Kuala Kangsar Municipal Council ( Malay : Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Kangsar ), formerly known as Kuala Kangsar District Council ( Malay : Majlis Daerah Kuala Kangsar ) from 1 January 1980 until 17 February 2004. The site must have had a strange effect on Sultan Yusuf Sharifuddin Mudzaffar Shah of Perak who ruled from 1877 to 1887. Unlike many rulers who protected their royal palaces and strongholds by selecting their vantage points carefully where they could detect enemy approach from afar,

90-824: The confluence of the Machang and Merah Rivers, deep in the remote area of Royal Belum State Park . The Machang River originated from the Titiwangsa along the Perak–Kelantan border, while the Merah River started from the upper stream near Bang Lang National Park in the Sankalakhiri , Yala on the Thai side. The confluence of these rivers joined together and forms the headwater of the Perak. It then flows southwest through

105-536: The 18th century. It is one of four towns that plays a role in Perak's complex succession system. It was the administrative seat of the first British Resident in the Malay Peninsula , James W. W. Birch , from October 1874 until he was murdered on 2 November 1875. It was the capital of Perak until 1876. Kuala Kangsar is also known in Malaysian history as the site where the first Conference of Rulers of

120-690: The Federated Malay States, the Durbar, was held in 1897. By the 1890s, the growth of the tin mining towns of Ipoh and Taiping had eclipsed Kuala Kangsar, but it remains to this day one of the most attractive of the Malay royal capitals. The town is also the site of the first rubber tree planted in Malaysia. The person responsible was the English botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley . He

135-634: The Perak River'. One flooding was so severe, it almost swept the palace away. Finally, after the Big Flood or Air Bah in 1926, it was decided to move the place further up onto the knoll where stands the current Royal Palace named Istana Iskandariah with its Art-Deco architecture, a rare but significant piece of architectural milestone in Malaysia . The Sultan of Perak officially resides in Kuala Kangsar, and it has been Perak's royal seat since

150-634: The Royalty and palace officials came riding on elephants. The subjects camped at the foot of the Bukit Residen for days as the Council Meeting was usually more than three days. For the subjects the Council meeting was a festival where they congregated at river bank. The subjects and locals had free flows of food and cultural activities at the river bank. Thus the local dialects named the confluence of Kangsar River and Perak River as Kuala Kangsar, Kangsar

165-502: The Sultan had his first royal palace built beside the riverbank. He then named it 'Istana Sri Sayong'. Apart from being exposed to the impending threat of invasion, the other problem was the force of monsoon seasons, which led to numerous flooding as water gushed down from the jungles above through the many tributaries. The name Kuala Kangsar is believed to be derived from 'Kuala Kurang-Sa', which literally means '100 minus (-) one', usually interpreted as 'the 99th small tributary to flow into

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180-767: The district of Hulu Perak , mainly in the vicinities of Gerik and Lenggong , before meeting with the Kangsar River at the royal seat of Kuala Kangsar , in its eponymous district . It then enters the Perak Tengah district, snaking through the towns of Parit , Pasir Salak and Kampung Gajah , before emptying into the Straits of Malacca near Bagan Datuk in Bagan Datuk District . The Perak River basin encompasses almost all districts of Perak , except for Kerian and Larut, Matang and Selama , as

195-628: The forest, so that my house is made wet; once a day and once a night it runs down the river and draws all the water after it, so that there is nothing left but mud, and my canoe is upset." The Perak River is the second-longest river in peninsular Malaysia . The source of Perak River is in the Perak– Kelantan – Thailand border tripoint near the Royal Belum State Park , in the Titiwangsa Mountains . To be exact,

210-647: Was coined from the word Council and Kuala means confluence of river. The Perak is mentioned in Rudyard Kipling 's story The Crab That Played with the Sea (published as one of the Just So Stories ). There, the man complains to his creator, the eldest magician, about the tides running into and out from the Perak: "Once a day and once a night the Sea runs up the Perak river and drives the sweet-water back into

225-407: Was the one who helped Malaya and eventually Malaysia become the largest rubber producer in the world. The tree still stands today. The first Malaysian scout troop was established in Kuala Kangsar. Consequently, its squad number is 001. Two bridges now connect Kuala Kangsar to Sayong . Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Bridge is made out of concrete and located near the town while Sultan Iskandar Bridge

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