Parameswara

Type Figure Region Malacca Time c. 1370–1414 Also known as Sultan Iskandar Shah

Parameswara (c. 1344–c. 1414), founder of Malacca; sources dispute whether Iskandar Shah and Megat Iskandar Shah are him or his son, and this entry a…

Timeline

c. 1390–1400Malacca · MalaccaPressed by Majapahit, Parameswara successively took refuge in Temasek and elsewhere, and around 1400 chose a strategic point on the Strait of Malacca to found a city, exploiting its geographic advantages to develop port trade.
1400–1414Malacca · MalaccaFrom around 1402 developed the port of Malacca and attracted merchants. In 1411 he led his queen and prince on tribute to the Ming court. Whether he took the name Iskandar Shah and converted to Islam during his lifetime is disputed: the Malay Annals identify him as Iskandar Shah, while Portuguese and some Ming records treat Megat Iskandar Shah as the son who succeeded after 1414.

Sources

Parameswara of Malacca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parameswara_of_Malacca