Panglima

Panglima (archaic form: penglima, Jawi: ڤڠليم) 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 (belian) also titled pelima.

In modern times it is reserved for the chiefs of the armed forces of Indonesia and Malaysia and some other posts.

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