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  2. Malacca Sultanate - Wikipedia

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    The Malacca Sultanate (Malay: Kesultanan Melaka; Jawi script: کسلطانن ملاک ‎) was a Malay sultanate based in the modern-day state of Malacca, Malaysia. Conventional historical thesis marks c. 1400 as the founding year of the sultanate by King of Singapura, Parameswara , also known as Iskandar Shah, [ 1 ] although earlier dates for ...

  3. Monarchies of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The Malacca Sultanate was the first Malay Muslim state based on the peninsula that was also a real regional maritime power. After the fall of Malacca in 1511, several local rulers emerged in the northern part of the peninsula which later fell under Siamese influence, while two princes of the Malaccan royal family founded Johor and Perak ...

  4. History of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    By the start of the 16th century, with the Malacca Sultanate in the Malay Peninsula and parts of Sumatra, [90] the Demak Sultanate in Java, [91] and other kingdoms around the Malay Archipelago increasingly converting to Islam, [92] it had become the dominant religion among Malays, and reached as far as the modern-day Philippines, leaving Bali ...

  5. Patani Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Patani, or the Sultanate of Patani (Jawi: كسلطانن ڤطاني) was a Malay sultanate in the historical Pattani Region. It covered approximately the area of the modern Thai provinces of Pattani , Yala , Narathiwat and part of the Malaysian state of Kelantan .

  6. Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888) - Wikipedia

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    The Malay sultans of Pontianak, Samarinda and Banjarmasin, treated the Sultan of Brunei as their leader. The true nature of Brunei's relationship with other Malay sultanates of coastal Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago is still a subject of study, as to whether it was a vassal state, an alliance, or just a ceremonial relationship. Other regional ...

  7. What to know about Malaysia's coronation of its king, Sultan ...

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    Officials said it will be televised live and showcase the rich history of the Malay sultanate. Nine ethnic Malay state rulers take turns as Malaysia's king for five-year terms under the world’s ...

  8. Parameswara of Malacca - Wikipedia

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    There are significant discrepancies in Malay, Chinese and Portuguese sources on the early history of Malacca, which created considerable disagreements about the early rulers of the kingdom. While there is consensus that Parameswara was a Hindu as indicated by his Hindu name, scholars have different opinions on whether he converted to Islam.

  9. British Malaya - Wikipedia

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    Months of research brought him to Singapore, an island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. The island was ruled by a temenggung. [citation needed] Singapore was then under the control of Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Sultan of the Johore-Riau-Lingga Sultanate (otherwise known as the Johor Sultanate), in turn under the influence of the Dutch and the ...