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Muzaffar Shah of Malacca

d. 1459 · 15th century

Muzaffar Shah was sultan of Malacca from about 1445 to 1459, the first of its rulers to use the title sultan. He made Islam the state religion, and with his bendahara Tun Perak he repelled Siamese attacks and extended Malacca's power over the Malay Peninsula. Under his son Mansur Shah the sultanate reached its peak.

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Malacca Sultanate

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