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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Malacca Sultanate canonical 19
Sultanate of Malacca 4
Melaka Sultanate 3

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Malays
linked to: Malay peoples
event Portuguese conquest of Malacca
firstRuler Parameswara
foundedBy Parameswara
founder Parameswara
governmentType Islamic monarchy
absolute monarchy
influenced Malay court traditions
Malay legal traditions
Malay sultanates of Johor
linked to: Johor Sultanate

Malay sultanates of Pahang
linked to: Sultanate 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 region
linked to: Strait of Malacca
officialLanguage Classical Malay
linked to: Old 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 Malacca
Sultanate of Johor
linked to: Johor Sultanate

Sultanate of Pahang
Sultanate of Perak
tradePartner Gujarat Sultanate
Java
Ming dynasty China
linked to: Ming dynasty

Pasai Sultanate
Ryukyu Kingdom
tributaryTo Ming dynasty

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malay peoples associatedWith Malacca Sultanate
Malay world associatedWithPolity Malacca Sultanate
Johor Sultanate predecessor Malacca Sultanate
Maritime Southeast Asia hasHistoricalEmpire Sultanate of Malacca
linked to: Malacca Sultanate
Malay Peninsula wasPartOf Malacca Sultanate
Malacca historicalEra Sultanate of Malacca
linked to: Malacca Sultanate
Malay sultanates included Malacca Sultanate
Alam Melayu historicallyLinkedTo Malacca Sultanate
Parameswara countryOfFounding Malacca Sultanate
Parameswara founded Malacca Sultanate
Aceh Sultanate conflictedWith Sultanate of Malacca
linked to: Malacca Sultanate
Portuguese conquest of Malacca hasLocation Malacca Sultanate
Undang-Undang Melaka country Malacca Sultanate
Undang-Undang Melaka appliesToJurisdiction Malacca Sultanate
Pasai Sultanate neighboringState Malacca Sultanate
Sultanate of Pahang foundedBy Melaka Sultanate
linked to: Malacca Sultanate
Sultanate of Pahang predecessor Melaka Sultanate
linked to: Malacca Sultanate
Sultanate of Pahang diplomaticRelationsWith Melaka Sultanate
linked to: Malacca Sultanate
Johor-Riau-Lingga Sultanate follows Malacca Sultanate
Johor-Riau-Lingga Sultanate predecessor Malacca Sultanate
Alauddin Riayat Shah II dynasty Malacca Sultanate dynasty
linked to: Malacca Sultanate
Alauddin Riayat Shah II successorStateOf Malacca Sultanate
Jawi Malay associatedWith Malacca Sultanate
Malay historicalPolity Malacca Sultanate
Sultanates notableExample Sultanate of Malacca
linked to: Malacca Sultanate