Malay Annals
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The Malay Annals, originally titled Sulalatus Salatin, is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanate. The work, composed in the
The frontispiece of a Jawi edition of the Malay Annals
Parameswara of Malacca
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Parameswara, thought to be the same person named in the Malay Annals as Iskandar Shah, was the last king of Singapura and the founder of the Malacca Sultanate. According to the Malay Annals, he ruled
Malay Annals
…when the coastline of the kingdom was infested by numerous fierce swordfish. The fall of Singapura to Majapahit, and the flight of the last ruler, Sri Iskandar Shah. He lost the island kingdom after falsely accusing and punishing one of his concubines for adultery. Her father, Sang Rajuna Tapa, who was also an…
Retrato de Parameswara
A keramat erected on Fort Canning Hill believed to memorialise Iskandar Shah, the last Raja of Singapura commonly identified with Parameswara due to commonalities in their biographies. There is no evidence that it was a tomb or that he was buried there.
Depiction of Parameswara by Singaporean artist Foo Swee Chin in the educational graphic novel Parameswara and Temasek: The Sacking of Singapore distributed by the Singapore Bicentennial Office.
Statue of Sang Nila Utama at the Raffles Landing Site