Misa Melayu was written by Raja Chulan ibni Raja Abdul Hamid ibni Yang DiPertuan Muda Raja Mansur Shah (Marhum Pulau Tiga) during the reign of Sultan Iskandar Dzulkarnain (1754-1764). The misa (story) tells the period of the Perak Sultanate, and was written in a structured and chronological order.
Among the subjects described in the misa are:
1. How the Perak Sultanate are the descendants of Iskandar Zulkarnain (Alexander The Great of Macedonia)
2. How the Dutch commenced trade in tin at Pengkalan Halban in Perak during the reign of Sultan Muzaffar Shah II
3. The involvement of Raja Chulan with the wedding of Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain and Raja Budak Rasul
4. The conflict between Sultan Muhammad Shah and his elder brother, Sultan Muzaffar Shah III
Misa Melayu had been studied extensively by W.E. Maxwell in 1882. R.O. Winstedt then translated it to English in 1919. A few other versions of the Misa Melayu manuscript are known to be kept at Leiden University in The Netherlands, with title Hikayat Salasilah Perak and Ikatan Raja Ke Laut.
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