Federated Malay States

E112917

British protectorate former federation historical political entity

The Federated Malay States was a British protectorate in the Malay Peninsula, comprising several sultanates under indirect colonial rule in the early 20th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Federated Malay States canonical	17
Federated Malay States (later period)	1
Federated Malay States government	1
Federated Malay States period	1
Federated Malay States region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British protectorate ⓘ former federation ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
administrativeCentre	Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
capital	Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
colonialAdministration	British Resident system ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
commonLanguage	Malay ⓘ
country	British Empire ⓘ
currency	Straits dollar ⓘ
demographics	ethnically diverse population including Malays, Chinese, and Indians ⓘ
dissolutionReason	reorganization of British Malaya into Malayan Union ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
establishedBy	British colonial administration ⓘ
establishedUnder	British protectorate ⓘ surface form: British protectorate system
flagUsedUntil	1946 ⓘ
followedBy	Malayan Union ⓘ
formedBy	federation of four Malay states ⓘ
governmentType	federation of protected sultanates ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Resident-General ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	British monarch ⓘ
includedEntityType	Malay sultanates ⓘ surface form: Malay sultanate
integratedInto	postwar Malayan constitutional developments leading to Federation of Malaya ⓘ
introducedPolicy	centralized colonial administration in western Malay Peninsula ⓘ
laterHeadOfGovernmentTitle	Chief Secretary ⓘ
legalStatus	British protectorate with indirect rule ⓘ
legalSystem	British-influenced colonial law ⓘ
locatedIn	Malay Peninsula ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
member	Negeri Sembilan ⓘ Pahang ⓘ Perak ⓘ Selangor ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Malaya ⓘ
partOfConflict	Japanese occupation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: World War II Japanese occupation of Malaya
precededBy	separate British protectorates in the Malay Peninsula ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	rubber production ⓘ tin mining ⓘ
railwayDevelopment	backbone of Malayan railway network ⓘ
restoredAfterWWII	British military administration ⓘ
retainedInstitution	Malay sultanates ⓘ
sovereignOver	Negeri Sembilan ⓘ Pahang ⓘ Perak ⓘ Selangor ⓘ
startTime	1896 ⓘ
statusDuringWWII	occupied by Japan ⓘ
suzeraintyOver	member Malay rulers ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Malaya → countryInvolved → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Malaya → appliesToJurisdiction → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Straits Settlements → borderedBy → Federated Malay States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federated Malay States (later period)

Federation of Malaya → createdFrom → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Straits dollar → usedIn → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Tuanku Ja’afar → birthCountry → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Unfederated Malay States → separateFrom → Federated Malay States ⓘ

British Military Administration in Malaya → administeredTerritory → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Malayan Union → precededBy → Federated Malay States ⓘ

General Officer Commanding Malaya Command → regionServed → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Dinding Islands → locatedInFormerEntity → Federated Malay States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federated Malay States region

Tunku Abdul Rahman → birthPlace → Federated Malay States ⓘ

British Resident in Perak → appliesToJurisdiction → Federated Malay States ⓘ

British Resident in Perak → existedDuring → Federated Malay States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federated Malay States period

British Residential System in the Malay States → appliedIn → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Tuanku Najihah → placeOfBirth → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School → foundedBy → Federated Malay States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federated Malay States government

Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School → regionServed → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Cecil Clementi → workLocation → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Anglo-Siamese agreements on frontier delimitation → appliesToTerritory → Federated Malay States ⓘ

Sir Shenton Thomas → colonyAdministered → Federated Malay States ⓘ