The Sultan MOZAFAR SHAH was again firmly established on the throne of his kingdom and carried on he government with the help of the Raja Muda.It is said that the Dutch then came to live at Tanjong Putus . By the orders of their Raja they went to Batavia to Malacca nd thence came to Perak.They asked the Raja of Perak for a place to live in and selected Pangkalan Halban. Their object was to buy tin with reals; for a bhara(about 375 pounds)of tin they could pay thirty-two reals.....And all the wishes of the Hollanders were approved by Sultan MOZAFAR SHAH and they accordingle came to live at Pangkalan Halban.They built a gedong (a brick house) and surrounded it with fortification and,after this,people could no longer take tin out of the river for export,but all was given to the Hollanders,traders thenceforth having to take dollars with them on their voyages.Regarding the Hollanders themselves,their Captain was relieved every three years.For a long time they continued to live at Pengkalan Halban and to watch the mouth of the Perak River,and in that time quantities of reals were paid by them to the Sultan towards the revenue of the State,and all the people in the country put by plenty of money.It is related that a certain Raja KHALIM was ordered by the Sultan to be sent to teh Dutch at Malacca. This Raja KHALIM was the son Raja PUTEH and nephew of the Sultan himself,but his father was a son of the Raja of Kedah;the Sultan had formerly been very fond of him and when the Sultan had been obliged (by civil war) to remove to Kuala Kangsar ( www.mpkkpk.gov.my ).Raja KHALIM had lived with him and had followed his fortunes receiving the title of Raja Kechik Besar.But when the was restored to Brahman Indra by the Yang di Per Tuan Muda,Sultan MOHAMED SHAH ,and the Raja Muda,Raja KHALIM remained perfectly passive. When the Sultan heard this report,he was extremely angry with Raja KHALIM and he ordered the Raja Muda to turn him out of Kuala Kangsar.The latter brought him down the river to teh Sultan's presence and afterwards to Pulo Tiga before the Yang di per Tuan Muda. He was allowed to live at Pulo Tiga and afterwards went to Tanjong Putus when he planted hill-padi,but he still refused to mix with the other princes of the royal family who were in attendence on the Raja Muda ( all young Rajas in Perak being under the Raja Muda's orders) and he plotted with a certain Inche KHASIL<>Bukit Lada to Sungai Dedap and thence back again to Tanjong Putus.There he lived quietly in Inche KHASIL'S house and married his daughter.Still bent on opposition,he assembled men at Tanjong Putus,whom he bound by oaths of fidelity,and planned an attack upon the Raja Muda at Pulo Tiga.The men of Tanjong Putus were divided,half joining Raja KHALIM,and the other half being unwilling to be disloyato Sultan MOZAFAR SHAH and the Raja Muda. While these proceedings were going on,information was carried to the Sultan,who wrote a letter which he desired might be conveyed to the Dutch Captain ,but not a man knew the contents of it. After it had reached the Dutch Captain, Raja KHALIM happened to come to him one day to get some dollars in exchange (for tin?).The Captain took him into the brick factory,and the will of God was accomplished upon his servant,who was not permitted to sin any longer. Raja KHALIM was received by the Hollanders and taken on board their sloop,in which he was immediately conveyed to Malacca.Inche KHASIL too was susequently seized by the Hollanders and taken to Malacca,and by order of the Raja of Malacca was thrown into a dungeon (gedong gelap).All that were left submitted to the Sultan.
The references in the Dutch Governors's report of 1750 to certain of events in Perak are confirmed in the Malay Chrocicle.
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