Mansur Shah

Type Figure Region Southeast Asia Time c. 1435–1477 Also known as Mansur Shah

Mansur Shah (died 1477) was the sixth sultan of Malacca, reigning c. 1459–1477, during which Malacca reached its height as a key Islamic port linking…

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1459–1460Malacca City · MalaccaAfter his father Sultan Muzaffar Shah died, Mansur Shah acceded, inheriting the already Islamized Malaccan state. Relying on Malay nobles such as Bendahara Tun Perak, he consolidated port tariffs and control of strait shipping, laying the foundation for over a decade of expansion.
1461–1470Malacca City · MalaccaIn the 1460s Mansur Shah sent fleets to take Pahang and other gold- and grain-producing regions, extending influence to Kedah, Riau and the Sumatran coast. Gujarati, Arab, Javanese and Chinese merchants converged on the port, making Malacca the hub of Indian Ocean–South China Sea entrepôt trade, while maintaining tributary relations with Ming China.
1471–1477Malacca City · MalaccaIn his final years Malacca still controlled strait shipping and its southern peninsular dependencies, with Islamic scholarship and Malay political tradition flourishing side by side. Mansur Shah died in 1477 and was succeeded by his son Ala'uddin Riayat Shah; Malacca remained powerful into the early 16th century.

Sources

Malacca https://www.britannica.com/place/Malacca-state-Malaysia
The Indianized States of Southeast Asia — George Cœdès (1968)
A History of Malaysia — Barbara Watson Andaya, Leonard Y. Andaya (2001)