Mahmud Shah

Mahmud Shah

▪ sultan of Malacca

died 1528, Kampar, Sumatra

      sultan of Malacca from 1488 until capture of the city by the Portuguese in 1511, after which he founded the kingdom of Johore (Johor).

      At the time of Mahmud Shah's accession the city-state of Malacca (Melaka) was at the peak of its power and was the preeminent trade centre of Southeast Asia because of its strategic location on the Malay Peninsula, commanding the strait between it and the island of Sumatra. The bendahara (“chief minister”) Tun Perak, architect of Malacca's greatness, was an old man, and the Malaccan court under Mahmud Shah apparently was rife with intrigue and favoritism. Mahmud Shah was not an effective ruler, but he was also a victim of circumstances. Portugal in the early 16th century was in the midst of establishing its overseas empire. Portuguese ships were in Malacca's waters before 1510, and on Aug. 15, 1511, troops commanded by Afonso de Albuquerque succeeded in capturing the city. Mahmud Shah fled across the Malay Peninsula to Pahang on the east coast, where he made a futile effort to enlist Chinese aid.

      Mahmud Shah then moved south and founded the kingdom of Johore as a rival trade centre to Malacca. With his capital on the island of Bintang, or Bintan, southeast of modern Singapore, he continued to receive the tribute and allegiance from surrounding states that had been rendered him as ruler of Malacca. He became the leader of a Malay and Muslim confederacy and launched several unsuccessful attacks against Malacca. In 1526 the Portuguese responded to the threat of Mahmud Shah's forces by destroying his capital at Bintang. Mahmud Shah fled to Sumatra, but his successors went on to build Johore into a substantial empire whose power culminated in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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