Editing Perak (section)

== Etymology ==
There are many theories about the origin of the name Perak.<ref name="etymology">{{cite web|url=http://says.com/my/lifestyle/the-origins-of-state-names-in-malaysia|title=The Stories And Facts Behind How The 13 States Of Malaysia Got Their Names|author=Tang Ruxyn|publisher=Says.com|date=26 April 2017|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113091221/http://says.com/my/lifestyle/the-origins-of-state-names-in-malaysia|archive-date=13 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="varous theories">{{cite web|url=http://mygeoname.mygeoportal.gov.my/exportpdf00.jsp?kodnegeri=08|title=Dokumen Gazetir (Perak Darul Ridzuan – Sejarah)|trans-title=Gazette Document (Perak Darul Ridzuan - History)|language=ms|publisher=Geographical Names Database of Malaysia|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909074614/http://mygeoname.mygeoportal.gov.my/exportpdf00.jsp?kodnegeri=08|archive-date=9 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although not used until after 1529, the most popular etymology is "[[silver (colour)|silver]]" (in [[Malay language|Malay]]: ''perak'');<ref>{{Cite dictionary|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-60272783/view?partId=nla.obj-436252755#page/n253/mode/1up/search/perak|title=perak|dictionary=A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)|last=Wilkinson|first=Richard James|publisher=Salavopoulos & Kinderlis|location=Mytilene|date=1932|volume=II|page=249}}</ref> associated with [[tin]] mining from the state's large [[mineral]] deposits, reflecting Perak's position as one of the world's largest sources of tin.<ref name="etymology"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Beck|title=The Nature of Ore Deposits|url=https://archive.org/details/natureoredeposi02beckgoog|year=1909|publisher=Hill Publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/natureoredeposi02beckgoog/page/n560 634]–}}</ref><ref name="Perak origin">{{cite web|url=http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my:80/portalBI/list.php?ttl_id=8&section=sm03|title=Origin of Place Names – Perak|publisher=[[National Library of Malaysia]]|year=2000|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509212649/http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/portalBI/list.php?ttl_id=31&section=sm03|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first Islamic kingdom established in the state was of the lineage of the [[Malacca Sultanate|Sultanate of Malacca]].<ref name="Perak origin"/> Some local historians have suggested that Perak was named after Malacca's ''[[bendahara]]'', [[Tun Perak]].<ref name="etymology"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peraktourism.com.my/about-perak/2014-11-14-20-40-24/the-history-of-perak.html|title=The History of Perak|publisher=Perak Tourism|date=14 November 2014|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908131026/http://www.peraktourism.com.my/about-perak/2014-11-14-20-40-24/the-history-of-perak.html|archive-date=8 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In maps prior to 1561, the area is marked as ''Perat''.<ref name="Perak origin"/> Other historians believe that the name Perak derives from the Malay phrase "''kilatan ikan dalam air"'' (the glimmer of [[freshwater fish|fish]] in water), which looks like silver.<ref name="etymology"/><ref name="varous theories"/> Perak has been translated into [[Arabic language|Arabic]] as {{script|Arab|دار الرضوان}} (''Dār al-Riḍwān''), "abode of grace".<ref>{{cite book|author1=George Bryan Souza|author2=Jeffrey Scott Turley|title=The Boxer Codex: Transcription and Translation of an Illustrated Late Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript Concerning the Geography, History and Ethnography of the Pacific, South-east and East Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_W7sCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA475|date=20 November 2015|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-30154-2|pages=475–}}</ref>