The document summarizes the history of Pekan, the royal town of Pahang, Malaysia. It details that Pekan is located on the banks of the Pahang River, about 50 km south of Kuantan. Pekan has been the home of the Pahang royal family since the 17th century and is also the hometown of two former Malaysian Prime Ministers. The document then provides background on important landmarks in Pekan, including the Sultan Abu Bakar Museum and the Watercraft Gallery, which highlights Pekan's role in water transportation prior to modern vehicles.

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5. PEKAN Located on the banks of the Pahang River 50 km south of Kuantan , Pekan is the royal town of the Malaysian state of Pahang Darul Makmur . Its name comes from a flower, the Bunga Pekan. Pekan is also the name of the district the town is situated in, and a parliamentary constituency in its own right. It is the home of the state's royal family headed by Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah [1] . It is also the hometown of the second Prime Minister of Malaysia , Tun Abdul Razak Hussein , [2] and the current Prime Minister of Malaysia , Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak . Najib is also Pekan's current Member of Parliament . The Masjid Abdullah, which dates from the 1920s, and the newer Masjid Abu Bakar is near the Sultan Abu Bakar Museum.

6. The history According to the old folk, the Bunga Pekan flower grows wild at the banks of Pahang River . The river at the Pekan town (near Mengkasar village) is also called Pekan River, however there is no source for the claim that Pekan got its name from this river. Other sources say the name "Pekan" came from the word "Pekan Pahang" (town of Pahang).[ citation needed ] For easier pronunciation, the locals simply called it "Pekan" and the name is still used. Pekan town is said to have existed since the 17th century, but no exact date has been verified. Several Arab and Chinese writers mentioned Pekan.[ citation needed ] The villagers at Kampong Mengkasar, about two kilometers from Pekan in the direction of Kuantan, are said to be direct descendants of Tok Tuan from Makassar in Sulawesi , Indonesia . Among the well-known figures, Tun Abdul Razak was recognized as having a Sulawesi heritage.

9. Watercraft gallery T he Watercraft Gallery building is located across the road from the State Museum, on Pulau Beram. As a state with 208 km of land facing the South China Sea and the longest river (Pahang River) in Peninsula Malaysia, water transport played an important role in the past social and economic development of Pahang. Historically, the rivers of Pahang, Kuantan, Bebar, Rompin, Endau, Tembeling, Jelai, Semantan and other river tributaries were used as the main transportation system for travels between villages and districts in Pahang and also to other states in Peninsula Malaysia. Small boats called perahu jalak were used to carry both cargoes and passengers then. This is because, before the advent of the bicycles and motorized vehicles, only watercrafts which used raw human power to row and peddle, sailboats and later steamboats were used to move around and transport goods between the villages and towns along the coast and river banks upstream.