Tun Perak [Bendahara Melaka ke-5 1456–1498]

Bendahara Melaka yang paling masyhur.

(a) Tun Perak, Bendahara Paduka Raja. b. before 1426. C-in-C of the Malacca forces that defeated the Siamese 1445. Bendahara in succession to Tun 'Ali, Sri Nara di-Raja 1456. Chief Minister and Regent of Malacca. m. a lady from Klang. He d. before 1488, having had had issue, six sons:

(i) Tun Telanai bin Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak, of Shuir.

(ii) Tun Besar bin Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak. He was k. by a servant of Sultan Muhammad Shah I of Pahang, ca 1470

(iii) Tun Zainal Abidin bin Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak [Dato' Lubok China].

(iv) Tun Pawah bin Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak.

(v) Tun Ishak bin Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak.

(vi) Tun Pikrama bin Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak[Bendahara Lubok Tanah] [Dato' Lubok Batu], Bendahara Paduka Tuan, of Buru.

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Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak (died 1498) was the fifth and most famous bendahara, a Malay rank similar to a prime minister, of the Sultanate of Malacca. He served under four sultans (Sultan Muzzafar Shah, Sultan Mansur Shah, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah and Sultan Mahmud Shah [1]) from 1456 to 1498. Early in his life, Perak was a soldier-statesman for Malaccan rulers. In 1445, he led the Malaccan army to victory by defeating Siamese invaders. As a result, he was made bendahara in 1456.

Tun Perak was the son of Malacca's first bendahara, Sri Wak Raja Tun Perpatih Besar. In 1445, he was appointed as Malacca's representative in Klang. Tun Perak was then appointed as bendahara in 1456 after he upset the Siamese attack against Malacca. He stopped another Siamese invasion in 1456 as well. Tun Perak was also instrumental in colonising Pahang, Terengganu, Johor, Riau, Lingga, Bengkalis, Karimon, Rokan, Siak, Kampar, Jambi, Inderagiri and Aru. The rulers of these governments converted to Islam due to Malaccan influence. Tun Perak was very loyal towards the Malaccan Sultanate. When his son, Tun Besar was killed by Sultan Mahmud Shah's son Raja Muhammad due to a misunderstanding, he did not seek revenge against the sultan. Instead, he requested Raja Muhammad to be crowned elsewhere. The sultan honored Tun Perak's request, therefore Raja Muhammad was made a sultan in Pahang.

He died in 1498 and was replaced by his younger brother Tun Perpatih Putih. His death is widely held to be the start of the Malaccan Empire's decline.

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