Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu)

Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu): a Standard history source. Covers AD 1267 – 1528, with 73 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeStandard history
ViewpointInsider account
Years coveredAD 1267 – 1528
Events73 events, 49 placed on the map
Author미상 (투운 스리 라나 편찬 전승; 영역 Leyden 1821)
Original titleSejarah Melayu (Sulalatus Salatin)

Regions: Southeast Asia 64

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
AD 1267 – 1297PASAIMara Silu received Islam from an ascetic who came from Mecca, and became King Malik al-Salih of Samudera.Leyden 1821 p.68
AD 1297 – 1350PASAIKing Malik al-Zahir of Pasai invited his younger brother Malik al-Mansur and loyal ministers to a feast and had them seized and imprisoned.Leyden 1821 p.79
AD 1299Singapura (Tamasak)On the Tamasak shore Sang Nila Utama saw a lion-like beast, settled there, named the place Singapura, and became king (Sri Tri Buana).Leyden 1821 p.45
AD 1347 – 1362Singapura (Tamasak)Majapahit sent a fleet of 100 ships against Singapura and a landing battle followed, but Singapura did not yield and the Javanese force withdrew.Leyden 1821 p.53
AD 1375 – 1389Singapura (Tamasak)A school of tenggiri fish swarmed the Singapura shore and many died; a boy stopped them with a barrier of banana stalks, and the boy was later killed.Leyden 1821 p.84
AD 1398Singapura (Tamasak)The rebellious treasurer Sang Ranjuna Tapa opened the city gate, and the Javanese forces took Singapura and carried out a massacre.Leyden 1821 p.86
AD 1398 – 1400MoarIskandar Shah fled from Singapura and reached Muar.Leyden 1821 p.86
AD 1400 – 1402MalacaIskandar Shah left Muar and, while hunting under a malacca tree on the Bertam River, saw a white deer drive off dogs, and founded a city at Malacca.Leyden 1821 p.89
AD 1414 – 1445MalacaIn a dream the king saw a prophet; he converted to Islam under Makhdum Abdul Aziz, of a ship from Jeddah, received the name Muhammad Shah, and the prime minister and the people followed him.Leyden 1821 p.93
AD 1446MalacaRaja Kassim, with Sri Nara Diraja, struck the palace by night riding an elephant, killed King Rakan and his elder half-brother Abu Syahid, and was enthroned as Muzaffar Shah.Leyden 1821 p.115
AD 1446 – 1459MalacaMuzaffar Shah had the law code (Kitab Undang-Undang) compiled.Leyden 1821 p.118
AD 1446 – 1456Siam (Ayutthaya)The Siamese king demanded that Malacca submit a letter of submission and was refused; General Awi Chakri advanced overland as far as Pahang.Leyden 1821 p.121
AD 1446 – 1456MoarMalacca gathered the people of Kelang with their wives and children and fought the Siamese army; the Siamese withdrew, and a rattan grew where they abandoned their baggage, so the place became known as Rotan Siam.Leyden 1821 p.124
AD 1446 – 1456Batu PahatWhen the Siamese general Abidichu's force reached Batu Pahat, Tun Omar went ahead alone to scout, and the prime minister made torchwood look like a great army, so the Siamese withdrew.Leyden 1821 p.131
AD 1446 – 1459Siam (Ayutthaya)Just before the Malacca campaign, Siamese prince Chao Phandan spat blood and died from a magical arrow shot by the Sayyid Arab of Malacca, and the campaign was called off.Leyden 1821 p.132
AD 1459MalacaMuzaffar Shah died after 42 years on the throne, and his son Abdullah was enthroned at age 27 as Mansur Shah.Leyden 1821 p.134
AD 1459 – 1477Pahang (Pura)Mansur Shah sent the prime minister Paduka Raja to attack Pahang and drove out the great king Dewa Sura.Leyden 1821 p.135
AD 1459 – 1477Pahang (Pura)Sri Vijaya Diraja captured Dewa Sura, who had fled into the forest, and for that merit was allowed to remain stationed in Pahang and hold royal rites.Leyden 1821 p.139
AD 1459 – 1477Siam (Ayutthaya)Malacca envoys Tun Telani and Jana Petra went to Siam, presented a letter, and made peace.Leyden 1821 p.147
AD 1459 – 1477Majapahit (Trowulan)Mansur Shah went to Majapahit, married Kandra Kirana, daughter of Betara, and received the domains of Indragiri and Siantan.Leyden 1821 p.169
AD 1459 – 1477MalacaHang Tuah killed a Javanese running amok, and Mansur Shah bestowed upon him the name Laksamana.Leyden 1821 p.162
AD 1459 – 1477MalacaThe Chinese emperor sent Malacca a ship full of needles with a letter, asking for friendship.Leyden 1821 p.173
AD 1459 – 1477CHINAMalacca envoy Tun Perpatih Putih took sago grains to the Chinese court and impressed the emperor.Leyden 1821 p.174
AD 1459 – 1477MalacaChinese princess Hang Li Po came to Malacca with 500 maids, converted to Islam, and became Mansur Shah's queen.Leyden 1821 p.179
AD 1459 – 1477Burné (Brunei)On the way to China, Tun Telani's party was blown by a storm to Brunei, where before the king he explained the wording of the letter.Leyden 1821 p.180
AD 1459 – 1477MalacaHang Kasturi, who had an affair with a palace lady, held out inside the palace; Hang Tuah, who had been released, killed him in a duel and took the post of Laksamana.Leyden 1821 p.190
AD 1459 – 1477MalacaThe new palace burned and only two-thirds of the treasures were saved; the lion throne of Sang Nila Utama was also coveted.Leyden 1821 p.198
AD 1459 – 1477MalacaSamaloko of Makassar raided the coasts of Java, Siam and the Malay Peninsula with 200 ships, and Laksamana met him off Malacca and fought.Leyden 1821 p.200
AD 1459 – 1477PASAIMansur Shah sent an envoy to Pasai to ask theological questions on whether heaven and hell are eternal.Leyden 1821 p.208
AD 1459 – 1477PASAIThe Malacca army attacked Pasai to restore Sultan Zain al-Abidin, who had been expelled; it was pushed back once, but won when Tun Hamzah charged.Leyden 1821 p.218
AD 1471CHAMPAThe king of Koci bribed Champa's ministers to open the city gate; the fort of Bal fell, King Pogopo died, and Prince Indra Brahma fled to Malacca.Leyden 1821 p.211
AD 1477MalacaMansur Shah fell ill, named Husain (Alauddin) as his successor, and died.Leyden 1821 p.221
AD 1477 – 1488MalacaKing Alauddin Shah, disguised as a thief, patrolled at night, chased down five thieves and cut them down, which gave occasion to tighten public order.Leyden 1821 p.222
AD 1477 – 1488HARUThe king of Haru, quarrelling with Pasai, sent the general Sri Indra to raid the coast of Malacca from Tanjung Tuan to Jugra.Leyden 1821 p.226
AD 1477 – 1488ARANGOff Pulau Arang, the charge of Sri Vijaya Diraja and Tun Isup destroyed Haru's fleet of 100 ships.Leyden 1821 p.227
AD 1477 – 1488HARUThe Malacca fleet defeated Haru's fleet at Dungun; the king of Haru asked for peace, and Paduka Tuan accepted.Leyden 1821 p.230
AD 1477 – 1488TringanoSri Agar Diraja, at the instigation of the Sultan of Pahang, hired men to kill Tun Telani at Terengganu.Leyden 1821 p.231
AD 1477 – 1488Pahang (Pura)Laksamana went to Pahang as envoy and confronted the Sultan in person over the killing of Tun Telani.Leyden 1821 p.234
AD 1477 – 1488SIAKThe king of Siak killed people without informing Malacca, so Laksamana went to rebuke him and brought back a letter of apology.Leyden 1821 p.236
AD 1488MalacaAfter Alauddin Shah died, Raja Muda was enthroned as Sultan Mahmud Shah.Leyden 1821 p.239
AD 1488 – 1511MANJPaduka Tuan attacked Manjung with ten ships, and by way of Beruas subjected territory as far as Perak.Leyden 1821 p.265
AD 1488 – 1511Calantan (Kelantan)Sri Maha Raja attacked Kelantan, which refused submission, took its fort and brought three princesses to Malacca.Leyden 1821 p.265
AD 1488 – 1511LEDANGMahmud sent envoys to propose to the princess of Gunung Ledang (Mount Ophir), but she set impossible conditions: a golden staircase, the blood of the king, and so on.Leyden 1821 p.276
AD 1488 – 1511IndragiriPrince Narasinga of Indragiri, treated poorly in Malacca, fled to Indragiri and became king.Leyden 1821 p.283
AD 1488 – 1511Silan seaA nakhoda whose ship was returning from Kling with cloth sank in the Ceylon sea without any storm; he reached Ceylon in a lifeboat.Leyden 1821 p.285
AD 1488 – 1511MalacaLaksamana Hang Tuah died, and his son-in-law Khwaja Hassan succeeded him.Leyden 1821 p.286
AD 1488 – 1511Pahang (Pura)With the help of an old perfume-seller woman, a nakhoda secretly carried off Tun Teja, daughter of the Pahang prime minister, and took her aboard his ship.Leyden 1821 p.299
AD 1488 – 1511KIANThe sultan of Pahang pursued them to Pulau Kian, but a nakhoda's archery held him off, and the Malacca ship escaped.Leyden 1821 p.300
AD 1488 – 1511Pahang (Pura)Laksamana Khwaja Hassan bribed the elephant keeper in Pahang, loaded the sultan's elephant Kapinyang onto his ship, and took it to Malacca.Leyden 1821 p.305
AD 1488 – 1511Pahang (Pura)The king of Ligor, a vassal of Siam, attacked Pahang; the Malacca prime minister sent relief forces, and together they drove him off.Leyden 1821 p.317
AD 1488 – 1511PataniSiamese prince Chau Sri Bangsa attacked Kota Melige, converted to Islam, and founded the city of Patani, named after the fisherman Pattani.Leyden 1821 p.319
AD 1509MalacaA Feringgi (Portuguese) ship from Goa came to Malacca to trade, took the prime minister Sri Maha Raja as adoptive father, and on returning home reported the riches it had seen.Leyden 1821 p.324
AD 1509 – 1510MalacaWhen 2,000 Portuguese soldiers landed, Tun Hassan met them running amok and drove them back.Leyden 1821 p.325
AD 1510MalacaMahmud believed the slander of Raja Mudeliar and executed the prime minister Sri Maha Raja, his sons, brothers and son-in-law.Leyden 1821 p.340
AD 1510 – 1511MalacaOvercome with remorse, Mahmud enthroned his son Ahmad and withdrew to the mountains above Malacca.Leyden 1821 p.349
AD 1511MalacaAlbuquerque came with 43 ships, bombarded Malacca and landed; Ahmad rode an elephant and fought back.Leyden 1821 p.352
AD 1511MalacaIn the second engagement the Malacca army collapsed; the Portuguese entered the empty fortress, and Malacca fell.Leyden 1821 p.357
AD 1511 – 1512PagohAhmad withdrew upstream to Pagoh above Muar, and Mahmud built a fort at Batu Hampar.Leyden 1821 p.357
AD 1511 – 1512PagohThe Portuguese took Pagoh, and Ahmad withdrew further up the river to the Panarikan.Leyden 1821 p.358
AD 1512Pahang (Pura)Ahmad and Mahmud went to Pahang and were received by Abdul Jamil; Mahmud gave a daughter in marriage to the sultan of Pahang.Leyden 1821 p.358
AD 1512 – 1513BINTANMahmud went to Bintan, and Ahmad founded a town at Kopek.Leyden 1821 p.358
AD 1513BINTANAhmad, who played with lowborn servants and slighted the old ministers, was secretly killed by Mahmud through a servant.Leyden 1821 p.359
AD 1513 – 1528BINTANMahmud set up his son Raja Muzaffar as king and had him trained by Syam Selim.Leyden 1821 p.359
AD 1513 – 1520BINTANTun Ali, loyal to Ahmad, refused to submit to Mahmud, and Mahmud killed him.Leyden 1821 p.361
—GANGGAAccording to legend, King Suran of Indian descent, on his way to conquer China, captured Gangga Nagara (near the Dinding River, Perak) and killed its lord.Leyden 1821 p.9
—GLANGAt Glang Kiu (upper Johor River), Suran fought King Chulan, who had a Siamese-style name, from atop an elephant; he knocked him down with an arrow and entered the fortress. (legend)Leyden 1821 p.13
—Singapura (Tamasak)When Suran's army reached Tamasak (around Singapura), China sent a ship loaded with rusted needles, falsely claiming China was very far, and made them turn back. (legend)Leyden 1821 p.13
—PalembangSang Sapurba, son of Suran (Chitram Shah), appeared at Segantang Mountain in Palembang and declared himself a descendant of Alexander.Leyden 1821 p.20
—PalembangSang Sapurba and Damang Lebar Daun, ruler of Palembang, swore a bond of king and subjects, and Sang Sapurba became king of Palembang.Leyden 1821 p.24
—PalembangWhen ten ships of envoys from the Chinese emperor arrived, Sang Sapurba sent his daughter Sri Dewi to China in marriage.Leyden 1821 p.29
—TJPSang Sapurba left Palembang and, after six days of sailing south, reached Tanjung Pura, where he was welcomed.Leyden 1821 p.29
—BINTANThe envoy of the Queen of Bintan met Sang Sapurba at the Sunda Strait and invited him to Bintan, where his son Sang Nila Utama was made the queen's son-in-law.Leyden 1821 p.35
—MENANGSang Sapurba went up the Kuantan River and at Menangkabau drove out a great serpent, and was proclaimed king there.Leyden 1821 p.39

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