Portuguese Malacca

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Portuguese Malacca
Malaca Portuguesa (Portuguese)
Melaka Portugis (Malay)
1511–1641
MapMalaysiaMalaccaTown.png
Malacca, shown within modern Malaysia
Image from page 88 of "The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe ; 1480-1521" (1891) (14743853356).jpg
Portuguese Malacca in Lendas da India by Gaspar Correia, ca. 1550–1563.
Status Portuguese colony
Capital Malacca Town
Common languages
King of Portugal  
 1511–1521
Manuel I
 1640–1641
John IV
Captains-major 
 1512–1514 (first)
Rui de Brito Patalim
 1638–1641 (last)
Manuel de Sousa Coutinho
Captains-general 
 1616–1635 (first)
António Pinto da Fonseca
 1637–1641 (last)
Luís Martins de Sousa Chichorro
Historical era Age of Imperialism
  Captured
15 August 1511
14 January 1641
Currency Portuguese real
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Blank.png Malacca Sultanate
Dutch Malacca Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg

Portuguese control of Malacca  a city on the Malay Peninsula  spanned a 130 year period from 1511 to 1641 as a possession of the Portuguese East Indies. It was captured from the Malacca Sultanate as part of Portuguese attempts to gain control of trade in the region. Although multiple attempts to conquer it were repulsed, the city was eventually lost to an alliance of Dutch and regional forces, thus beginning a period of Dutch rule.

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History

According to the 16th-century Portuguese historian Emanuel Godinho de Erédia, the site of the old city of Malacca was named after the malacca tree ( Phyllanthus emblica ), fruit-bearing trees along the banks of a river called Airlele (Ayer Leleh). The Airlele river was said to originate from Buquet China (present-day Bukit Cina). Eredia cited that the city was founded by Permicuri (i.e. Parameswara) the first King of Malacca in 1411.

The capture of Malacca

Malacca's wealth attracted the attention of the King of Portugal, Manuel I, who sent captain-major Diogo Lopes de Sequeira to make contact with Malacca and sign a trade agreement with its ruler. The first European to reach Southeast Asia, Sequeira arrived in Malacca in 1509. Although he was initially well received by Sultan Mahmud Shah, trouble quickly ensued. [1] The general feeling of rivalry between Islam and Christianity was invoked by a group of Muslims in the sultan's court. [2] The international Muslim trading community convinced Mahmud that the Portuguese were a threat. Mahmud subsequently turned on the Portuguese and attacked the four ships in the harbour, killing some and capturing several of them, who were then imprisoned in Malacca and tortured. As the Portuguese had found in India, conquest would be the only way they could establish themselves in Malacca. [1]

In April 1511, Afonso de Albuquerque set sail from Goa to Malacca with a force of around 1,200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. [1] Albuquerque made a number of demands, one of which was for permission to build a fortress as a Portuguese trading post near the city where they could trade safely. [2] The sultan refused, and after 40 days of fighting, Malacca fell to the Portuguese on 24 August with Sultan Mahmud Shah fleeing the city. A dispute between Sultan Mahmud and his son Sultan Ahmad also weighed down on the Malaccan side. [1]

Following the defeat of the Malacca Sultanate, Afonso de Albuquerque sought to erect a fort in anticipation of the counterattacks by Sultan Mahmud. A fortress was designed and constructed near a hill, south of the river mouth, on the former site of the mosque. Albuquerque remained in Malacca until November 1511 preparing its defences against any Malay counterattack. [1]

A Portuguese port in a hostile region

Construction of Malacca City: Intramuros Anno 1604 by Manuel Godinho de Eredia Malaca (manuel godinho de eredia 1604).jpg
Construction of Malacca City: Intramuros Anno 1604 by Manuel Godinho de Eredia

Portuguese Malacca faced severe hostility as it was the first European Christian trading settlement in Southeast Asia, being surrounded by numerous emerging Muslim states. They endured years of conflicts with Malay sultans who wanted to get rid of the Portuguese and reclaim the port town. The sultan made several attempts to retake the capital. He rallied the support from his ally the Sultanate of Demak in Java who, in 1511, agreed to send naval forces to assist. Led by Pati Unus, the Sultan of Demak, the combined Malay–Java efforts failed. The Portuguese retaliated and forced the sultan to flee to Pahang. Later, the sultan sailed to Bintan Island and established a new capital there. With a base established, the sultan rallied the disarrayed Malay forces and organized several attacks and blockades against the Portuguese's position. Frequent raids on Malacca caused the Portuguese severe hardship. In 1521 the Sultanate of Demak began a second campaign to assist the Malay sultan to retake Malacca which failed and cost of the Sultan of Demak his life. He was later remembered as Pangeran Sabrang Lor or the Prince who crossed (the Java Sea) to North (Malay Peninsula ). The raids helped convince the Portuguese that the exiled sultan's forces must be silenced. A number of attempts were made to suppress the Malay forces, but it was not until 1526 that the Portuguese finally razed Bintan to the ground. The sultan then retreated to Kampar in Riau, Sumatra where he died two years later. He left behind two sons named Muzaffar Shah and Alauddin Riayat Shah II.[ citation needed ]

Muzaffar Shah was invited by the people in the north of the peninsula to become their ruler, establishing the Sultanate of Perak. Mahmud's other son, Alauddin succeeded his father and made a new capital in the south, creating the Johor Sultanate.[ citation needed ]

The Sultan of Johor made several attempts to end Portuguese rule in Malacca. A request sent to Java in 1550 resulted in Ratu Kalinyamat, queen regnant of Jepara, sending 4,000 soldiers aboard 40 ships to aid Johor in taking Malacca. The Jepara troops joined forces with the Malay alliance and managed to assemble around 200 warships for the upcoming assault. The combined forces attacked from the north and captured most of Malacca, but the Portuguese managed to retaliate and force back the invading forces. The Malay alliance troops were pushed back to the sea, while the Jepara troops remained on shore, withdrawing only after their leaders were killed. The battle continued on the beach and in the sea resulting in more than 2,000 Jepara soldiers being killed. A storm stranded two Jepara ships on the shore of Malacca where they were attacked by the Portuguese. Fewer than half of the Jepara soldiers managed to leave Malacca.[ citation needed ]

In 1568, Prince Husain Ali I Riayat Syah from the Sultanate of Aceh launched a naval attack to oust the Portuguese from Malacca, but was met with failure. In 1574 a combined attack from the Aceh Sultanate and the Javanese Jepara tried again to capture Malacca from the Portuguese, but ended in failure due to poor coordination.[ citation needed ]

Siege of Malacca by the Acehnese in 1568. Siege of Malacca - 1568.jpg
Siege of Malacca by the Acehnese in 1568.

Competition from other ports such as Johor saw Asian traders bypass Malacca and the city began to decline as a trading port. [3] Rather than achieving their ambition of dominating it, the Portuguese had fundamentally disrupted the organisation of the Asian trade network. Rather than being a centralised port of regional exchange, and having been made an authority to police the Strait of Malacca that ensured safety for commercial traffic, trade was instead scattered over a number of ports that experienced warfare among each other. [3]

Chinese reaction

Portuguese Malacca tin coins of King Emmanuel (1495-1521) and John III (1521-1557) period were discovered during an excavation near the Malacca River mouth by W. Edgerton, Resident Councilor of Malacca in 1900. Image from page 330 of "Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society" (1878) (14578526689).jpg
Portuguese Malacca tin coins of King Emmanuel (1495–1521) and John III (1521–1557) period were discovered during an excavation near the Malacca River mouth by W. Edgerton, Resident Councilor of Malacca in 1900.

Malacca harboured a community of Chinese merchants, probably from Fujian and other places, who left China in defiance of Ming laws. [4] They were probably not treated well by the sultan, as all or almost all supported the Portuguese and helped them establish relations with neighbouring countries. [5] They had much to gain both from the protection and connections the Portuguese could offer. [6]

China was first contacted in 1513 by Jorge Álvares, who sailed from Malacca in a fleet of five junks and set foot on an island in the Pearl River Delta, and erected a padrão. He was followed by Rafael Perestrello, who landed in continental China proper and traded profitably at Guangzhou. The protection which Albuquerque provided to the resident Chinese merchants ensured that they were well received.[ citation needed ]

On 17 June 1517 a fleet of eight ships under the command of Fernão Peres de Andrade reached Guangzhou with an embassy from King Manuel I of Portugal, the ambassador Tomé Pires disembarked with pomp and circumstance and was well received by the Chinese authorities who came to see him with great ceremony. [7] [8] Pires and his companions received one of the best houses in the city and received frequent visits from distinguished residents. [9] [10] Andrade moved his ships to the Island of Tamão, where he obtained authorization from the Ming authorities to open a trade post and declared that anyone who had demands on the Portuguese should appeal to him, which gave the Chinese a high opinion of the integrity of the Portuguese. [11] [12]

Pires reached Beijing in January 1521 but an ambassador from Sultan Mahmud appealed to Emperor Zhengde for aid against the Portuguese. [13] Zhengde died shortly afterwards and his successor Jiajing ruled that the Portuguese embassy would be held hostage at Guangzhou, until the Portuguese had restored the city to Sultan Mahmud. [14] Most or all of the members of the embassy were robbed of their belongings and imprisoned, many dying in captivity or being executed. Portuguese presence in China banned, though many Portuguese continued to sail from Malacca to engage in trade or smuggling. [15]

Relations with China gradually improved and aid was given against the Wokou pirates along China's shores, by 1557 Ming China agreed to allow the Portuguese to settle at Macau. [16] The Sultanate of Johor also improved relations with the Portuguese and fought alongside them against the Aceh Sultanate.

Dutch conquest and the end of Portuguese Malacca

Naval battle between Portuguese and Dutch East India Company ships. AMH-6473-KB Battle for Malacca between the VOC fleet and the Portuguese, 1606.jpg
Naval battle between Portuguese and Dutch East India Company ships.

By the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company (Dutch : Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) began contesting Portuguese power in the East. At that time, the Portuguese had transformed Malacca into an impregnable fortress, the Fortaleza de Malaca , controlling access to the sea lanes of the Strait of Malacca and the spice trade in the region, where it repulsed an attack from Aceh in 1568. The Dutch started by launching small incursions and skirmishes against the Portuguese. The first serious attempt was the siege of Malacca in 1606 by the third VOC fleet with eleven ships, commanded by Admiral Cornelis Matelief de Jonge that led to the battle of Cape Rachado. Although the Dutch were routed, the Portuguese fleet of Martim Afonso de Castro, the Viceroy of Goa, suffered heavier casualties and the battle rallied the forces of the Sultanate of Johor into an alliance with the Dutch and later on with the Aceh Sultanate. The Dutch attacked Malacca again in 1616. [17]

Around that same time period, the Sultanate of Aceh had grown into a regional power with a formidable naval force and regarded Portuguese Malacca as a potential threat. In 1629, Iskandar Muda of the Aceh Sultanate sent several hundred ships to attack Malacca, but the mission was a devastating failure. According to Portuguese sources, all his ships were destroyed and lost some 19,000 men in the process. [18]

The Dutch with their local allies assaulted and captured Malacca from the Portuguese in January 1641. This combined Dutch–Johor–Aceh efforts effectively destroyed the last bastion of Portuguese power, reducing their influence in the archipelago. The Dutch settled in the city as Dutch Malacca, however the Dutch had no intention to make Malacca their main base, and concentrated on building Batavia (today Jakarta) as their headquarters in the orient instead. The Portuguese ports in the spice-producing Maluku Islands also fell to the Dutch in the following years. With these conquests, the last Portuguese colonies in Asia remained confined to Goa, Daman and Diu in Portuguese India, Portuguese Timor and Macau until the 20th century.[ citation needed ]

Fortress of Malacca

A Famosa proper, the keep of the fortress of Malacca. Manuel Godinho de Eredia - Description of Malacca, Meridional India and Cathay - A Famosa.png
A Famosa proper, the keep of the fortress of Malacca.

The early core of the fortress system was a quadrilateral tower called Fortaleza de Malaca. Measurements were given as 10 fathoms per side with a height of 40 fathoms. It was constructed at the foot of the fortress hill, next to the sea. A circular wall of mortar and stone with a well in the middle was constructed to its east.[ citation needed ]

Over the years, constructions began to fully fortify the fortress hill. The pentagonal system began at the farthest point of the cape near south-east of the river mouth, towards the west of the Fortaleza. At this point two ramparts were built at right angles to each other lining the shores. The one running northward toward the river mouth was 130 fathoms in length to the bastion of São Pedro while the other one ran for 75 fathoms to the east, curving inshore, ending at the gate and bastion of Santiago.[ citation needed ]

From the bastion of São Pedro the rampart turned north east 150 fathoms past the Custom House Terrace gateway ending at the northernmost point of the fortress, the bastion of São Domingos. From the gateway of São Domingos, an earth rampart ran south-east for 100 fathoms ending at the bastion of the Madre de Deus. From here, beginning at the gate of Santo António, past the bastion of the Virgins, the rampart ended at the gateway of Santiago. Overall, the city enclosure was 655 fathoms and 10 palms (short) of a fathom.[ citation needed ]

Gateways

Present day Porta de Santiago A Famosa Fortress.JPG
Present day Porta de Santiago

Four gateways were built for the city:

  1. Porta de Santiago
  2. The gateway of the Custom House Terrace
  3. Porta de São Domingos
  4. Porta de Santo António

Of these four gateways only two were in common use and open to traffic: the Gate of Santo António linking to the suburb of Yler and the western gate at the Custom House Terrace, giving access to Tranqueira and its bazaar.[ citation needed ]

Legacy

After almost 300 years of existence, in 1806, the British, unwilling to maintain the fortress and wary of letting other European powers take control of it, ordered its slow destruction. The fort was almost totally demolished but for the timely intervention of Sir Stamford Raffles visiting Malacca in 1810. The only remnants of the earliest Portuguese fortress in Southeast Asia is the Porta de Santiago, now known as the A Famosa.

Districts of Malacca town during Portuguese rule

Malacca was the most thoroughly described city in south-east Asia during the 16th and 17th century as a result of it being under Portuguese control. [19] Outside of the fortified town centre were the three suburbs of Malacca. The suburb of Upe (Upih), generally known as Tranqueira (modern day Tengkera) from the rampart of the fortress. The other two suburb were Yler (Hilir) or Tanjonpacer (Tanjung Pasir) and the suburb of Sabba.[ citation needed ]

Tranqueira

The Fort of Tranquera at Malacca by Carl Friedrich Reimer, 1786 AMH-5403-NA The fort of Tranquera at Melaka.jpg
The Fort of Tranquera at Malacca by Carl Friedrich Reimer, 1786

The suburb was rectangular in shape, with a northern border wall, the Strait of Malacca to the south and the Malacca River and the fortaleza's wall to the east. It was the main residential quarters of the city. However, in war, the residents of the quarters would be evacuated to the fortress. Tranqueira was divided into a further two parishes, São Tomé and São Estêvão. The parish of S.Tomé was called Campon Chelim (Malay : Kampung Keling). It was described that this area was populated by the Chelis of Choromandel. The other suburb of São Estêvão was also called Campon China (Kampung Cina).[ citation needed ]

Erédia described the houses as made of timber but roofed by tiles. A stone bridge with sentry crossed the Malacca River to provide access to the Malacca Fortress via the eastern Custome House Terrace. The centre of trade of the city was also located in Tranqueira near the beach on the mouth of the river called the Bazaar of the Jaos (Jowo/Jawa i.e. Javanese). In the present day, this part of the city is called Tengkera.[ citation needed ]

Yler

The district of Yler (Hilir) roughly covered Buquet China (Bukit Cina) and the south-eastern coastal area. The Well of Buquet China was one of the most important water sources for the community. Notable landmarks included the Church of the Madre De Deus and the Convent of the Capuchins of São Francisco. Other notable landmarks included Buquetpiatto (Bukit Piatu). The boundaries of this unwalled suburb were said to extend as far as Buquetpipi and Tanjonpacer.[ citation needed ]

Tanjonpacer (Malay : Tanjung Pasir) was later renamed Ujong Pasir. A community descended from Portuguese settlers is still located there in present-day Malacca. However, this suburb of Yler is now known as Banda Hilir. Modern land reclamations (for the purpose of building the commercial district of Melaka Raya) have, removed Banda Hilir's sea access that it formerly had.[ citation needed ]

Sabba

Malays of Malacca, depicted by the Portuguese in the Codice Casanatense. Malays from the Malacca Sultanate Codice Casanatense.jpg
Malays of Malacca, depicted by the Portuguese in the Códice Casanatense.

The houses of this suburb were built along the edges of the river. Some of the original Muslim Malay inhabitants of Malacca lived in the swamps of nypeiras tree, where they were known to make nypa (nipah) wine for trade. This suburb was considered the most rural, being a transition to the Malacca hinterland, where timber and charcoal traffic passed through into the city. Several Christian parishes also lay outside the city along the river; São Lázaro, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Hope. While Muslim Malays inhabited the farmlands deeper into the hinterland.[ citation needed ]

In later periods of Dutch, British and modern-day Malacca, the name of Sabba was made obsolete. However, its area encompassed parts of what is now Banda Kaba, Bunga Raya and Kampung Jawa within the modern city centre of Malacca.[ citation needed ]

Portuguese immigration

Portuguese tombstone at Malacca. Image from page 16 of "Historical tombstones of Malacca, mostly of Portuguese origin, with the inscriptions in detail and illustrated by numerous photographs" (1905) (14803673703).jpg
Portuguese tombstone at Malacca.

Portuguese residents were separated into five major subgroups: [20]

The Portuguese also shipped over many Órfãs do Rei to Portuguese colonies overseas in Africa and India, and also to Portuguese Malacca. Órfãs do Rei literally translates to "Orphans of the King", and they were Portuguese girl orphans sent to overseas colonies to marry Portuguese settlers.[ citation needed ]

Portuguese administration of Malacca

Floorplan of the Malacca citadel. A Famosa floorplan.png
Floorplan of the Malacca citadel.

Portuguese Malacca was placed under the authority of Portuguese India , based in Goa with its governor/viceroy overseeing its rule. Malacca itself was administered by the captain-major whose office was located inside the Fortaleza.[ citation needed ]

In 1552, Malacca was granted a charter to become a city [24] equipped with its own city senate which normally consisted of fidalgos, procuradores dos mesteres (trade guild representatives) and citizens acting on behalf of marginalised groups. [25] The city senate represented the interests of the casados who would use it to communicate with the Portuguese Crown.[ citation needed ]

The other major organisation present in the city was the Misericordia or the House of Mercy which was a fraternity dedicated to providing aid, medicine and rudimentary education to the Christians of Malacca regardless of background. The body of administration was called the mesa and headed by a provedor. They also acted as financial executors for those who willed their assets to the Misericordia.[ citation needed ]

With regards to native matters, the administrative structure of Malacca pre-conquest remained largely unchanged. Afonso de Albuquerque initially wanted the sultan to return and rule under the Portuguese eye. [26] The posts of bendahara , temenggung and shahbandar were maintained and appointed from among the non-muslims of Malacca.[ citation needed ]

In 1571, an attempt was made by King Sebastian to establish three separate entities of his Asian colonial holdings with Malacca being one sector under its own governor, though this effort did not come to fruition. [27]

According to Eredia in 1613, Malacca was administered by a governor (a captain-major), who was appointed for a term of three-years, as well as a bishop and church dignitaries representing the episcopal see, municipal officers, royal officials for finance and justice and a local native bendahara to administer the native Muslims and foreigners under the Portuguese jurisdiction.[ citation needed ]

Dom Estevao da Gama, son of Vasco da Gama, captain of Malacca between 1534 and 1539. Dom Estevao da Gama.jpg
Dom Estevão da Gama, son of Vasco da Gama, captain of Malacca between 1534 and 1539.
Flag Portugal (1640).svg
Captains of Malacca (1512–1641)
No.Captain MajorFromUntilMonarch
1Ruy de Brito Patalim15121514 Manuel I
2Jorge de Alburquerque (1st time)15141516
3Jorge de Brito15161517
4Nuno Vaz Pereira15171518
5Alfonso Lopes da Costa15181520
6Jorge de Alburquerque (2nd time)15211525 Manuel I

John III

7 Pedro Mascarenhas 15251526 John III
8 Jorge Cabral 15261528
9Pero de Faria15281529
10 Garcia de Sà (1st time)15291533
11Dom Paulo da Gama15331534
12Dom Estêvão da Gama 15341539
13Pero de Faria15391542
14Ruy Vaz Pereira15421544
15Simão Botelho15441545
16 Garcia de Sà (2nd time)15451545
17Simão de Mello15451548
18Dom Pedro da Silva da Gama15481552
19Licenciado Francisco Alvares15521552
20Dom Alvaro de Ata de Gama15521554
21Dom Antonio de Noronha 15541556
22Dom João Pereira15561557
23João de Mendonça15571560 John III

Sebastian I

24Francisco Deça15601560 Sebastian I
25Diogo de Meneses15641567
26Leonis Pereira15671570
27Francisco da Costa15701571
28António Moniz Barreto15711573
29Miguel de Castro15731573
30Leonis Pereira ou Francisco Henriques de Meneses15731574
31Tristão Vaz da Veiga15741575
32Miguel de Castro15751577
33 Aires de Saldanha 15771579 Sebastian I

Henry I

34 João da Gama 15811582 Philip I
35Roque de Melo15821584
36João da Silva15841587
37João Ribeiro Gaio15871587
38Nuno Velho Pereira158715xx
39Diogo Lobo15xx15xx
40 Pedro Lopes de Sousa 15xx1594
41Francisco da Silva Meneses15971598
42Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho15981599 Philip I

Phillip II

43Fernão de Albuquerque15991603 Phillip II
44 André Furtado de Mendonça 16031606
45António de Meneses16061607
46Francisco Henriques16101613
47Gaspar Afonso de Melo16131615
48João Calado de Gamboa16151615
49António Pinto da Fonseca16151616
50João da Silveira16171617
51Pedro Lopes de Sousa16191619
52Filipe de Sousa ou Francisco Coutinho16241624 Phillip III
53Luis de Melo162.1626
54Gaspar de Melo Sampaio16xx1634
55Álvaro de Castro16341635
56 Diogo de Melo e Castro 16301633
57Francisco de Sousa de Castro16301636
58Diogo Coutinho Docem16351637
59Manuel de Sousa Coutinho16381641 Phillip III

John IV

Military history

Portuguese soldiers in Malacca fighting the Acehnese, inspired by Saint Francis Xavier. 1619 painting by Andre Reinoso. Saint Francis Xavier Inspiring Portuguese Troops.png
Portuguese soldiers in Malacca fighting the Acehnese, inspired by Saint Francis Xavier. 1619 painting by André Reinoso.
Portuguese Campaigns in the Strait of Malacca (1511–1641)
YearEvent
1511 Conquest of Malacca
1520 Battle of Pago
1521 Battle of Bintan
Battle of Aceh
1522 Pedir Expedition
1523 Battle of Muar River
1524 Siege of Pasai
Siege of Malacca
1525 Battle of Lingga
1526 Siege of Bintan
1528 Battle of Aceh
1535 First Battle of Ugentana
1536 Second Battle of Ugentana
1537 Siege of Malacca
1539Siege of Malacca [28]
1547 Battle of Perlis River
1551 Siege of Malacca
1568 Siege of Malacca
1569 Battle of Aceh
1570First Battle of Formoso River
1573 Siege of Malacca
1574 Siege of Malacca
1575 Siege of Malacca
1587 Siege of Johor
1606 Battle of Aceh
Siege of Malacca
Battle of Cape Rachado
1607Johor expedition
1615 Second Battle of Formoso River
1616Battle of Malacca
1626Siege of Malacca [29]
1628 Battle of Langat River
1629 Battle of Duyon River
1641 Siege of Malacca

Currency

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Dutch Malacca (1641–1825) was the longest period that Malacca was under foreign control. The Dutch ruled for almost 183 years with intermittent British occupation during the French Revolutionary and later the Napoleonic Wars (1795–1815). This era saw relative peace with little serious interruption from the Malay sultanates due to the understanding forged between the Dutch and the Sultanate of Johor in 1606. This period also marked the decline of Malacca's importance. The Dutch preferred Batavia as their economic and administrative centre in the region and their hold in Malacca was to prevent the loss of the city to other European powers and, subsequently, the competition that would come with it. Thus, in the 17th century, with Malacca ceasing to be an important port, the Johor Sultanate became the dominant local power in the region due to the opening of its ports and the alliance with the Dutch.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iskandar Muda</span> Sultan of Aceh

Iskandar Muda was the twelfth Sultan of Acèh Darussalam, under whom the sultanate achieved its greatest territorial extent, holding sway as the strongest power and wealthiest state in the western Indonesian archipelago and the Strait of Malacca.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Muar (town)</span> Place in Johor, Malaysia

Muar or Bandar Maharani, is a historical town and the capital of Muar District, Johor, Malaysia. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Malaysia to be visited and explored for its food, coffee and historical prewar buildings. It was recently declared as the royal town of Johor by Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and is the fourth largest urban area in Johor. It is the main and biggest town of the bigger entity region or area of the same name, Muar which is sub-divided into the Muar district and the new Tangkak district, which was upgraded into a full-fledged district from the Tangkak sub-district earlier. Muar district as the only district covering the whole area formerly borders Malacca in the northern part. Upon the upgrading of Tangkak district, the Muar district now covers only the area south of Sungai Muar, whilst the northern area beyond the river is in within Tangkak district. However, both divided administrative districts are still collectively and fondly called and referred to as the region or area of Muar as a whole by their residents and outsiders. Currently, the new township of Muar is located in the Bakri area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capture of Malacca (1511)</span> Portuguese military conquest

The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca in 1511.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalinyamat Sultanate</span>

Kalinyamat Sultanate or Kalinyamat Kingdom, was a 16th-century Javanese Islamic polity in the northern part of the island of Java, centred in modern-day Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">War of the League of the Indies</span> Indo-Portuguese war (1570–1575)

The War of the League of the Indies was a military conflict lasting from December 1570 to 1575, wherein a pan-Asian alliance attempted to overturn the Portuguese presence in the Indian Ocean. The pan-Asian alliance was formed primarily by the Sultanate of Bijapur, the Sultanate of Ahmadnagar, the Kingdom of Calicut, and the Sultanate of Aceh. It is referred to by the Portuguese historian António Pinto Pereira as "the League of Kings of India", "the Confederated Kings", or simply "the League". The alliance undertook a combined assault against some of the primary possessions of the Portuguese State of India: Malacca, Chaul, the Chale fort, and the capital of the maritime empire in Asia, Goa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pahang Sultanate</span> Old sultanate of Pahang, Malaysia

The Pahang Sultanate also referred as the Old Pahang Sultanate, as opposed to the modern Pahang Sultanate, was a Malay Muslim state established in the eastern Malay Peninsula in the 15th century. At the height of its influence, the sultanate was an important power in Southeast Asia and controlled the entire Pahang basin, bordering the Pattani Sultanate to the north and the Johor Sultanate to the south. To the west, its jurisdiction extended over parts of modern-day Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malay–Portuguese conflicts</span>

Malay–Portuguese conflicts were military engagements between the forces of the Portuguese Empire and the various Malay states and dynasties, fought intermittently from 1509 to 1641 in the Malay Peninsula and Strait of Malacca.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts</span> Series of military encounters between the Sultanate of Aceh and Portuguese Empire

Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts were the military engagements between the forces of the Portuguese Empire, established at Malacca in the Malay Peninsula, and the Sultanate of Aceh, fought intermittently from 1519 to 1639 in Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula or the Strait of Malacca. The Portuguese supported, or were supported, by various Malay or Sumatran states who opposed Acehnese expansionism, while the Acehnese received support from the Ottoman Empire and the Dutch East India Company.

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