Analysis of Dato’ Bahaman’s battle strategies in the Pahang uprising 1891-1895

AmnahS. Ismail

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Type :	article
Subject :	General Works History General and Old World
ISSN :	Print: 0976-630 , Online: 0976-6316
Main Author :	AmnahS. Ismail
Additional Authors :	Wan Kamal Mujan B. Jalal N. Zainal Shah
Title :	Analysis of Dato’ Bahaman’s battle strategies in the Pahang uprising 1891-1895
Edition :	Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2019

Place of Production :	Kuala Lumpur
Publisher :	IAEME Publication
Year of Publication :	2019
Corporate Name :	Universiti Malaya
Location :	Kuala Lumpur
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Abstract : Universiti Malaya

Dato’ Bahaman led the Pahang resistance forces against British encroachment ina series of battles known as the Pahang Uprising. In these battles, Dato’ Bahamanemployed various strategies against the opposing British forces. This article willanalyse the battle strategies used by Dato’ Bahaman against the British by adoptingliterature review and content analysis as the methodology. Through this study, it wasfound that several strategies such as disguise, retreat, attack, fort building and manymore were used by Dato’ Bahaman and his forces. Dato’ Bahaman executed plannedbattle strategies and created a great esprit de corps amongst his men. This shows thatthe Malays in the 19thcentury employed well thought out battle strategies combinedwith great fighting spirit and courage in confronting their enemies.

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