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Mahmud Shah of Malacca

d. 1528 · 16th century

Mahmud Shah of Malacca was the last sultan of Malacca, ruling from 1488 until the Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city in 1511. He fled and kept up resistance from Pahang, Bintan and finally Kampar in Sumatra, where he died in 1528. His sons founded the Johor and Perak sultanates, continuing the Malacca dynasty.

Mahmud Shah of Malacca
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Malacca SultanateJohor SultanatePerak Sultanate

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