Kapitan China Yap Ah Loy, also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan, was the father of Kuala Lumpur. He served as the third Kapitan China of Kuala Lumpur, and in this administrative capacity, played a
The Klang War or Selangor Civil War was a series of conflicts that lasted from 1866 to 1874 in the Malay state of Selangor in the Malay Peninsula.
Yap Ah Loy
…and 8 Malays were killed in what would become known as 'the Kanching Massacre'. Chong Chong then fled to Rawang and joined Raja Mahdi's faction in the Selangor Civil War that broke out earlier in 1867. Yap Ah Loy sided with Tunku Kudin in the civil war, and Kuala Lumpur was attacked in 1870 by Yap's enemies who sided…
Tengku Kudin
The entrance gate of the old Kota Raja Mahadi in Klang, built in 1866 as a defense against Raja Abdullah. Today only the main gate and the earthen ramparts remain of the fort.
Tengku Kudin and Raja Ismail with Captain Powlett. H.M.S. "Avon".