Kota Ngah Ibrahim

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Kota Ngah Ibrahim or Ngah Ibrahim's Fort is a fort of historical value in

town.

History

The fort was built in the 1870s as the private residence of

cemetery. However, on 7 September 2006, Ngah Ibrahim's body was brought back to Perak and reburied near his house.

In the 1900s, the court was moved to a new building at

made the fort its headquarters and war strategic operations centre. After the Japanese surrendered in 1945, the fort was turned again into Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Matang until 1982 when the school was moved to the new building near the fort. From 1987, this fort was taken over by the Perak Museum Department as a state historical site known as Kota Ngah Ibrahim Historical Complex.

Features

• The cell of Dato' Sagor
• Ruins of fort
• The grave of Dato' Ngah Ibrahim (relocated from Singapore on 7 September 2006)

External links

• Graves of 19th-century Perak warriors exhumed Archived 12 March 2007 at the
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