Riau Malays are a sub-group of Malays native to the provinces of Riau and the Riau Islands of eastern Sumatra, Indonesia. They only make up 29% of the population of the Riau Islands, and around 45% of
Traditional Riau Malays wedding dress.
Muara Takus Temple located in Kampar Regency are one of the evidences of the existence of ancient Melayu Kingdom (a kingdom centered in eastern Sumatra)
Raja Ali Haji, an poet, he played a vital role in modernizing the Malay language, one of his books that is Pedoman Bahasa was the first dictionary of its kind in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
Riau Malay House, Roof Lontiok/Lentik.
Mahmud Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah was Sultan of Malacca from 1488 to 1511, and again as pretender to the throne from 1513 to 1528. He was son of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. As a m