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
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
Samudera Pasai Sultanate
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The Samudera Pasai Sultanate, also known as Samudera or Pasai or Samudera Darussalam or Pacem, was a Muslim kingdom on the north coast of Sumatra from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
Parameswara of Malacca
…new name after converting to Islam in 1414. George Coedes similarly states that Paramesvara converted to Islam after marrying a daughter of the king of Pasai at the old age of 72, and took the name Megat Iskandar Shah. Others suggest he converted in the year 1409 when he was sixty-five. The Chinese History…
Malik al-Salih tombstone
Cakra Donya bell was a gift from Zheng He during his voyage to Pasai.
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