Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca have developed over 500 years of trading ... early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and the ...

The expansion of Islam accelerated in the 15th century with the rise of Islamic states like the Malacca Sultanate, which controlled maritime trade and had significant military power. Although ...

A Malay nobleman, Parameswara (1344–c. 1414), established the Malacca Sultanate and founded a port in 1400. To avoid petty corruption, he established a hierarchy with four harbour managers ...

Flor de la Mar is another prize that remains missing after it sank off Sumatra coast in 1511 carrying an immense treasure from Malacca Sultanate. Believed to contain gold, silver and jewels ...

Serge Jardin has penned an open letter to Malacca Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh describing the flaws found on six newly installed signboards on the perimeter of the Fort of Malacca. – The Malaysian ...

Its early history laid the foundation for the monarchy system and led to the emergence of the Malacca Sultanate in the 15th century, renowned for the significant role it played in the spread of Islam ...

The golden era of this contact and cooperation was during the Malacca Sultanate and the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Trade flourished during the Malacca Sultanate with deepening diplomacy ...

I was on a liquor-drenched party boat that was sailing in the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest and most important shipping lanes in the world today, when I saw its namesake in the distance.