Pahang Sultanate

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A Malay Muslim state established in the eastern Malay peninsula in 15th century.

Establishment

January 1471: The sultanate has its origin as a vassal to Melaka, with its first Sultan was a Melakan prince, Muhammad Shah, himself the grandson of Dewa Sura, the last pre-Melakan ruler of Pahang.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1481: Mansur Shah was the Sultan of Malacca Sultanate from 1459 to 1477. He was known for his aggressive expansionist policies, which led to the annexation of territories like Kampar and Siak in 1480. Kampar and Siak were important strategic locations that further strengthened the Malacca Sultanate's influence in the region.

January 1481: Many territories in Peninsular Malaysia and eastern Sumatra and the surrounding islands were conquered by Mansur Shah and Alauddin Riayat Shah of Malacca.

January 1507: By about 1500, the Malacca Sultanate reached its maximum territorial extent. Its city of Malacca was the capital of a great Malay empire, the chief centre of trade in Indian cloth, Chinese porcelain and silk and Malay spices, and the headquarters of Muslim activity in the Malay Archipelago.

January 1624: Union of the Pahang Sultanate with Johor.

January 1812: After a period of union with Johor, Pahang was eventually revived as a modern sovereign Sultanate in the 19th century by the Bendahara dynasty.

September 1888: Pahang became a British protectorate.