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The fall of Malacca benefited other kingdoms such as Brunei whose ports became a new entrepôt as the kingdom emerged as a new center of trade in the Malay Archipelago, attracting many Muslim traders who fled from the Portuguese occupation after the ruler of Brunei's conversion to Islam. [69] [70]
Malacca (Malay: Melaka), officially the Historic State of Malacca (Malay: Melaka Negeri Bersejarah), is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca. The state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south.
Malay Kingdom may refer to: Melayu Kingdom, the 7th to 14th century classical buddhist kingdom based on the island of Sumatra; Kingdoms or polities, both historical and present, established in Malay world or Malay Archipelago. Most prominent among others are Malacca Sultanate, Johor-Riau-Lingga Sultanate, and Brunei Sultanate
For example, the Malay kingdoms in Malay Peninsula, Langkasuka and Tambralinga earlier were subject to Srivijayan mandala, and in later periods contested by both Ayutthaya mandala in the north and Majapahit mandala in the south, before finally gaining its own gravity during Malacca Sultanate. [citation needed]
However, Malacca has no dry season as average rainfall is more than 100 mm (3.9 in) for each month. Malacca is classified as having a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen climate classification system, [45] more subject to the Intertropical Convergence Zone than the trade winds and with no cyclones so a pure equatorial climate ...
Malacca was a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after the signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 , and had been part of the Straits Settlements until 1946.
The Malacca order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the state of Malacca. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a state nature.
The listing was inscribed on the basis of Criterion (ii), "exhibit an important interchange of human values", [2] as the two cities are examples of multicultural trading forged from the exchange of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures, and three successive European colonial powers over almost 500 years; Criterion (iii): "bearing unique testimony to a cultural tradition", [2] as the cities ...