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Pahang is located in the east of Peninsular Malaysia

and bounded:
I. Kelantan in the north
II. Perak, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan in the
west
III. Johor in the south
IV. Pahang in the south
V. Perak in the west

Administrative System
Little is known on the administrative system used in
Pahang, but throughout its history, several
government titles are recorded; the government
was headed by a 'Maharaja' (literally 'emperor') as an
absolute monarch, a similar title held by its overlord
in Ligor. Towards the end of the kingdom, the

Pahang
Maharaja was recorded by de Erédia belong to the
same dynasty that ruled Ligor. A title known as
Senapati was recorded in the Book of Song, a
Sanskrit word literally means 'lord of the army'; the
Senapati was recorded in the Chinese chronicle to
had headed several envoy missions to China.
Description
Economic System
Capital: The most important product of ancient Pahang was
Kota Bharu gold, its auriferous mines were considered the best
and the largest in the whole peninsula. It was from
here that there came the gold which formed the
Motto:
subject of the ancient trade with Alexandria; the
Berserah Kepada Tuhan Kerajaan Kelantan
(To God the Kingdom of Kelantan Surrenders) peninsula as a whole was known to the world as a
source of the precious metal to the extent that it
was proclaimed Chrysḗ Chersónēsos (the golden
Total Area: peninsula) by Ptolemy.
35.965 km2
Political System
Population: Old Pahang Kingdom (Malay: Kerajaan Pahang Tua)
1.670.000 was a historical polity centred in the Pahang region
in the east coast of Malay Peninsula. The polity
appeared in foreign records from as early as the
5th century and at its height, covered much of
modern state of Pahang and the entire southerly
part of the peninsula.

References
https://www.dosm.gov.my
https://eng.wikipedia.org

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