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Palembang Sultanate

The state of Melaka is one of the oldest states in Malaysia and has a colourful history to its existence.

The name Melaka was coined when a Palembang prince from the island of Sumatra set foot in Melaka and was resting below a tree when he saw a mousedeer outwitting a dog. Seeing such an ominous event, the Palembang prince Parameswara asked his aides what was the name of the tree that he was resting under - he was told that it is the Melaka Tree.

Melaka grew in importance throughout the 1400s and especially so considering that it had a strategic position in the Straits of Melaka. It was not surprising that it had a flourishing port which became an important meeting point for the traders from China and India. It later grew into being a cosmopolitan town with many Chinese and Indian traders setting foot and continuing their businesses in Melaka. The Chinese settlers who lived amongst the original Malay inhabitants soon found themselves assimilated into the latter's culture and lifestyle. These Chinese settlers became known as Babas and Nyonyas.

As the town of Melaka became influential and wealthy, its empire expanded and the Malay language became important in that part of South East Asia. The religion of Islam also grew in tandem with the Sultans embracing the said religion. Being a thriving town both financially and strategically placed, it was no wonder that it later became coveted in the eyes of the Portuguese. In 1511, the Portuguese overthrew the Melaka royalty and government and ruled over Melaka until 1641 when it fell to the Dutch.

During the Portuguese reign, Catholicism was introduced by the missionaries and many Portuguese also set foot to settle in Melaka, the descendents of which are still found today. In fact, the descendents of these early Portuguese settlers still speak the ancient Portuguese language. Meanwhile, the Dutch rule brought with it many fine buildings, churches and infrastructure, the most famous of which is probably the red-coloured buildings also known as the Stadthuys.

After the Dutch came the British in 1795. The British continued to develop the town of Melaka and it later became known as part of the famous Straits Settlements together with Penang and Singapore. English became an important spoken and written language and it is not difficult to get around Melaka if you are English speaking.

With such a colourful history, Melaka promises plenty to see and experience both in culture, shopping and sight-seeing. Welcome to Melaka!

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Aceh Sultanate $79.66 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam was a sultanate centered in the modern area of Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, which was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline. Its capital was Kutaraja, the present Banda Aceh. At its peak it was a formidable enemy of the sultanate of Johor and Portuguesecontrolled Malacca, both on the Malayan Peninsula, as all three attempted to control the trade through the Strait of Malacca and the regional exports of pepper and tin with fluctuating success. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2010/08/15 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.26 inches

Warsangali Sultanate $78.07 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Warsangali Sultanate or Gerad Dynasty was a Somali imperial ruling house centered in northeastern and in some parts of southeastern Somalia. It was one of the largest sultanates ever established in the territory, and, at the height of its power, included the Sanaag region and parts of the northeastern Bari region of the country, an area historically known as Maakhir or the Maakhir Coast. The Sultanate was founded in the late 13th century in northern Somalia by a group of Somalis from the Warsangali branch of the Darod clan, and was ruled by the descendants of the Gerad Dhidhin. In the late 19th century, the influential Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire governed the Sultanate, assuming control during some of its most turbulent years. The Akil Dhahar ruled south of Sanaag and some portions of the Bari region. In 1884, the United Kingdom established the protectorate of British Somaliland through various treaties with the northern Somali sultanates, including the Warsangali Sultanate. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 108 Publication Date: 2010/07/03 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.25 inches

NOVOTEL PALEMBANG $545000 Located in the heart of the new city centre and only 15 minutes from the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin Airport in South Sumatra, the stylish Novotel Palembang Hotel and Residence boasts 194 modern, spacious guest rooms along with superior business and conferencing facilities including well equipped meeting rooms and a Grand Ballroom. Leisure facilities at Novotel Palembang include two restaurants, three bars, a fitness centre with an outdoor pool and tennis courts, a sauna and bowling.

Sultanate of Sulu $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Sultanate of Sulu was a Muslim state that ruled over many of the islands of the Sulu Sea, in the southern Philippines. The sultanate was founded in 1450, but other sources place the date earlier. Muslim historians believe that it had existed centuries earlier in the time of Raja Baguinda Ali. At its peak, it stretched over the islands that bordered the western peninsula of Mindanao in the east, to the modern Malaysian state of Sabah (formerly North Borneo) in the west and south, and to Palawan in the north. Currently the issue of who would be the legitimate Sultan of Sulu is disputed by several branches of the Royal Family, although the line of succession fell on the Kiram branch of the royal family from 1823 up to the death of the last sovereign sultan in 1936. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 124 Publication Date: 2010/07/17 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.29 inches

Malwa Sultanate $71.7 The Malwa Sultanate was a late medieval independent kingdom in the Malwa region of the present day Madhya Pradesh state in India. The kingdom was founded by Dilawar Khan Ghuri, the governor of the Delhi Sultanate in Malwa, who asserted his independence in 1392, but did not actually assume the ensigns of royalty till 1401. Initially Dhar was the capital of the new kingdom, but soon it was shifted to Mandu which was renamed Shadiabad (the city of joy). After his death, he was succeeded by his son Alp Khan, who assumed the title of Hoshang Shah. The Ghuri dynasty founded by Dilawar Khan Ghuri was replaced by Mahmud Shah I, who proclaimed himself king on May 16, 1436. The Khilji dynasty founded by him ruled over Malwa till 1531. Mahmud I was succeeded by his eldest son GhiyasudDin. The last days of GhiyasudDin was embittered by a struggle for throne between his two sons, NasirudDin and AlaudDin. NasirudDin, however emerged victorious and ascended the throne on October 22, 1500. The last ruler Mahmud Shah II surrendered to Bahadur Shah, the sultan of Gujarat after the fort of Mandu fell to Bahadur on May 25, 1531. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2010/04/21 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.20 inches

Sennar (Sultanate) $78.07 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Funj sultanate of Sinnar, also Sennar, was a sultanate in the north of Sudan, named Funj after the ethnic group of its dynasty or Sinnar after its capital, which ruled a substantial area of northeast Africa between 1504 and 1821. In the fifteenth century the part of Nubia formerly controlled by Makuria was home to a number of small states and subject to frequent incursions by desert nomads. The situation in Alodia is less well known, but it also seems as though that state had collapsed. The area was reunified under Abdallah Jamma, the gatherer, who came from the eastern regions that had grown wealthy and powerful from the trade on the Red Sea. Abdallahs empire was short lived as in the early sixteenth century the Funj people under Amara Dunqas arrived from the south, having been driven north by the Shilluk. The Funj defeated Abdallah and set up their own kingdom based at Sennar. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 116 Publication Date: 2010/07/10 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.28 inches

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Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi) $79.66 The Mamluk Dynasty or Ghulam Dynasty directed into India by Qutbuddin Aybak, a Turkic general of Central Asian birth, was the first of five unrelated dynasties to rule Indias Delhi Sultanate from 1206 to 1290.Aibaks tenure as a Ghorid administrator ranged between 1192 to 1206, a period during which he led invasions into the Gangetic heartland of India and established control over some of the new areas.Aibak rose to power when a Ghorid superior was assassinated.However, his reign as the sultan of Delhi was short lived as he expired in 1210 and his son Aram Shah rose to the throne, only to be assassinated by Iltutmish in 1211.The Sultanate under Iltutmish established cordial diplomatic contact with the Abbasid Caliphate between 1228 29 and had managed to keep India unaffected by the invasions of Genghis Khan and his successors.Following the death of Iltutmish in 1236 a series of weak rulers remained in power and a number of the noblemen gained autonomy over the provinces of the Sultanate. Power shifted hands from Rukn ud din Firuz to Razia Sultana till Ghiyas ud din Balban rose to the throne and successfully repelled both external and internal threats to the Sultanate. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 120 Publication Date: 2010/07/26 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.28 inches

The Endless Sand Dunes of the Ash Samat, Sultanate of Oman $39.99 Stephen Alvarez The Endless Sand Dunes of the Ash Samat, Sultanate of Oman - Photographic Print

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Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo) $74.88 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Mamluk Sultanate was a regime composed of mamluks who ruled Egypt and Syria from the mid13th century to the early 16th century. By the time of the fall of the Ayyubids, most Mamluks were Kipchak Turks. While Mamluks were purchased, their status was above ordinary slaves, who were not allowed to carry weapons or perform certain tasks. Mamluks were considered to be true lords, with social status above freeborn Egyptian muslims. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2010/10/09 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.23 inches

Delhi Sultanate and Its Times (Hardcover) $160.3 Mohammad Habib was one of the founders of Aligarh School of history writing. Discussing several aspects of the Delhi Sultanate, this classic collection examines not just the emperors, their campaigns, strategies, and political thoughts but also peasants, artisans, tailors, weavers and a plethora of people who constituted the landscape of the subcontinent during the eleventh to seventeenth centuries. Irfan Habib`s introduction discusses the biography and situates Mohammad Habib`s writings in the larger context of medieval history and historians. It will be a significant resource for scholars, teachers, and students of medieval Indian history, especially Delhi Sultanate.

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