Panglima

Panglima a military title used in Indonesia and Malaysia, and historically in the Philippines. It means 'a commander of a body of troops' deriving from lima, a long-obsolete word for 'hand'. In the past it is used to call some prominent military leaders in Malay world. The prominent Malacca and succeeding Johor Sultanates place the position of a penglima as below that of a menteri. Walter William Skeat writes that Semang tribes north of Malay Peninsula are often headed by shamans also titled pelima.

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