Malacca Sultanate

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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.

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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)

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Malay peoples associatedWith Malacca Sultanate
Malay world associatedWithPolity Malacca Sultanate
Maritime Southeast Asia hasHistoricalEmpire Malacca Sultanate
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Malacca
Malacca historicalEra Malacca Sultanate
this entity surface form: Sultanate of Malacca
Johor Sultanate predecessor Malacca Sultanate
Malay Peninsula wasPartOf Malacca Sultanate