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Raja Hijau

d. 1616 · 17th century · Also known as Ratu Hijau

Raja Hijau, the 'Green Queen', was ruler of Pattani on the Malay Peninsula from 1584 to 1616, the first of four queens who reigned in succession for about a century. Under her Pattani prospered as a port trading with Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch merchants, and the Dutch East India Company opened a factory there in 1602.

Raja Hijau
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