Malacca Sultanate
E30643
The Malacca Sultanate was a powerful 15th–16th century Malay maritime empire centered in the port city of Malacca, which became a major hub of regional trade and the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sultanate of Malacca | 2 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Malay kingdom
ⓘ
historical state ⓘ maritime empire ⓘ sultanate ⓘ |
| capital | Malacca ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Malacca ⓘ |
| currency |
gold coins
ⓘ
tin ingot money ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1511 ⓘ |
| economy | trade-based economy ⓘ |
| endTime | 1511 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Malay peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Malays
|
| event | Portuguese conquest of Malacca ⓘ |
| firstRuler | Parameswara ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Parameswara ⓘ |
| founder | Parameswara ⓘ |
| governmentType |
Islamic monarchy
ⓘ
absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Malay court traditions
ⓘ
Malay legal traditions ⓘ Johor Sultanate ⓘ
surface form:
Malay sultanates of Johor
Sultanate of Pahang ⓘ
surface form:
Malay sultanates of Pahang
Malay sultanates of Perak ⓘ political culture of the Malay world ⓘ spread of Malay language as regional lingua franca ⓘ |
| knownFor |
center of Islamic learning in Southeast Asia
ⓘ
control of the Strait of Malacca ⓘ major entrepôt for regional trade ⓘ |
| languageOfWriting | Jawi script ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
Islamic law
ⓘ
Undang-Undang Melaka ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Malay Peninsula
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ Strait of Malacca ⓘ
surface form:
Strait of Malacca region
|
| officialLanguage |
Old Malay
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Malay
|
| partOf |
history of Brunei
ⓘ
history of Indonesia ⓘ history of Malaysia ⓘ history of Singapore ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
codification of the Undang-Undang Melaka
ⓘ
development of Classical Malay as a lingua franca ⓘ spread of Islam in the Malay Archipelago ⓘ |
| startTime |
c. 1400
ⓘ
early 15th century ⓘ |
| successorState |
Aceh Sultanate
ⓘ
Portuguese conquest of Malacca ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Malacca
Johor Sultanate ⓘ
surface form:
Sultanate of Johor
Sultanate of Pahang ⓘ Sultanate of Perak ⓘ |
| tradePartner |
Gujarat Sultanate
ⓘ
Java ⓘ Ming dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Ming dynasty China
Pasai Sultanate ⓘ Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ |
| tributaryTo | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sultanate of Malacca
this entity surface form:
Sultanate of Malacca