1819 CE
Raffles negotiates a British port at Singapore
British Empire · Companies, trade & extraction · Migration & diaspora
Stamford Raffles, the East India Company, Temenggong Abdul Rahman, and Hussein Shah signed an agreement permitting a British factory. A Malay succession dispute and the strait’s location made Singapore a migration and trade hub, with negotiated sovereignty under growing imperial asymmetry
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- 2026-09-23
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