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Maharaja Lela Pandak Lam is one of the 8 ‘pembesar delapan’ of Perak. His
father, Pandak Lam is the descendant of Daeng Salili, the son of a Bugis King
who hailed from Luwuk District, Sulawesi. Daeng Salili came to Perak during the
reign of Sultan Muzaffar Shah III. He was appointed as the mufti of Perak and
was given the title Dato’ Maharaja Lela Tan Lela with the power to wield the
sword and to use it at will.
He led the resistance of the locals against the British in Perak. Together with
other leaders such as Orang Kaya-kaya Seri Agar Diraja (better known as Dato'
Sagor) and Ngah Kandin he had plotted to resist the intervention of the British
in Perak by killing the British Resident, James Wheller Woodfird Birch (J.W.W.
Birch).
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