Tun perak biography of barack

5th Bendahara of the Sultanate of Malacca

Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak (Jawi: بندهار ڤدوک راج تون ڤيراق‎, 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.

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. After a Siamese invasion that began in 1445 that lasted until 1446, another Siamese attack occurred in 1456 when Tun Perak was Bendahara.^[2][3] 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 Is