Why melaka no sultan

His latest attempt to produce a falsified recognition from the International Court of Justice ICJ for his claim pointed to an elaborate hoax and he was subsequently arrested early this month. In the meantime a lady appeared from no where claiming that she has the magical powers to revive the Melaka sultanate and threatened to unleash calamities on the state if her claims were not fulfilled.

It appears that there is no end to the claimants to the Melaka sultanate with more expected to come up in the future to try their luck in reviving the throne that ended in when the Portuguese captured Melaka and its last Sultan, Mahmud Shah was forced to retreat to Johor. While no one has yet to come with a strong basis to claim the Melaka throne, the regular appearance of claimants over the throne is now a cause of concern for the people and the authorities.

Raja Tuah Shah as an opportunists seeking the riches and the glamorous life associated with royalties? While Noor Jan may not have the required legitimacy to claim the throne, he had certainly created a following. He dons royal attire and even holds royal ceremonies to present honorary titles. The three states ever since becoming part of the British Territories under the Straits Settlements and later part of the Federation of Malaysia has no provisions for sultans or royalties.

A historian of the Malay sultanate Raja Yusuf Izzudin Raja Datuk Pahlawan Lope Ahmad noted that action should have been taken against Noor Jan much earlier for making false statements including that he is the rightful heir to the throne. Perhaps the most important of these kingdoms was the Sultanate of Malacca Melaka in Malay , which reached its peak in mids. As a powerful and influential kingdom, the continued spread of Islam was intricately tied with the rise of the Malacca Sultanate.

However, the Malacca Sultanate would not last, as the newly powerful Portugal conquered the kingdom in and began a centuries-long period of European domination. The Rise of Malacca One of the most important highways of trade in the pre-modern world was the Strait of Malacca.

Bordered on its northern side by the Malay Peninsula and on the southern side by the island of Sumatra, it was the main connection between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. As a result, most trade traffic in the region passed through this narrow strait, creating rich trade kingdoms on its shores.

Around the year , a local king, Iskender Shah, established a new kingdom in the present-day location of Malacca, on the North Shore of the Malacca Strait. Some accounts attest to him being a convert to Islam, while others do not support this theory. In any case, within decades, the sultanate he founded, the Sultanate of Malacca, became one of the major promoters of Islam in the region.

As a powerful and expansive kingdom, the Sultanate of Malacca provided a common culture for the surrounding region that neighboring states attempted to adopt.

This unified culture helped spark the spread of Islam throughout the region. Adding to the spread of Islam in the region was the continued presence of Indian and Arab Muslim traders coming from the West and bringing their religion with them and spreading it to the local population. It is important to note that as the region slowly made its way into the fold of Islam, there were no forced conversions into the religion.

The Arrival of the Portuguese In the late s, the Kingdom of Portugal began to search for new trade opportunities on the high seas. Instead of relying on land routes to Asian spice markets that were dominated by the Venetians , the Portuguese decided to find a sea route to China. The explorer Vasco de Gama managed to sail around the southern tip of Africa in the late s, with the aid of Muslim navigators who were familiar with the Indian Ocean.

With this new discovery in Europe, Portugal quickly became a naval power in the Indian Ocean and attempted to dominate the Asian spice market.