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Megat Iskandar Shah of Malacca

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has historically been contested. Some argued that he is the same person as Parameswara, but was mistaken as a different person after Parameswara converted to Islam and changed his name, others however disagree that such a mistake could be made, and that Megat Iskandar Shah was indeed the second
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indicates that the founder of Malacca was Iskandar Shah, while Portuguese sources give the name Parameswara, and that Iskandar Shah was his son. Chinese sources recorded the name Mekat Iskandar Shah as the son of Parameswara. The
216:(母幹撒于的兒沙) or Megat Iskandar Shah. Wang argued that the Parameswara had already visited China in 1411 and met the Emperor, and it is therefore unlikely that they would have mistaken him for his son who visited three years later. 178:
was published in 1944. Winstedt argued that Ming dynasty sources had mistaken Parameswara and Megat Iskandar Shah as two different persons when Parameswara had merely adopted a new name after converting to Islam in 1414.
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in 1414. After being informed that his father had died, the Emperor gave him gold coins and granted him his inherited title. After that Iskandar Shah paid frequent tribute to the Emperor."
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Due to discrepancies between Malay, Chinese and Portuguese sources on the early history of Malacca, there have been some differences in opinions about the early rulers of the kingdom. The
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of China and paid tribute to China regularly. According to Portuguese sources he pushed for trade to move to Malacca instead of Singapura.
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states that Iskandar Shah was simply the name of Paramesvara after he had converted to Islam and married a daughter of the king of Pasai.
295: 444: 245:, the son of Paramicura (Parameswara), Chaquem Daraxa (Iskandar Shah), converted to Islam at the age of 72 and died when he was 80. 204:, published in 1968, put forward evidence to support the belief that Megat Iskandar Shah was the second ruler of Malacca. The 328: 545: 540: 560: 517: 166:
initially supported the existence of Megat Iskandar Shah as a separate person in 1935. However, soon after the
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refers to the son of Iskandar Shah as Raja Besar Muda, or Raja Kechil Besar / Sultan Megat.
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Winstedt, R. O. (1948). "The Malay Founder of Medieval Malacca".
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Winstedt, R. O. (1949). "Malay History from Chinese Sources".
127:. The position of Megat Iskandar Shah as the second ruler of 115:(died 1424) is believed to be either the first or the second 113:
Sultan Megat Iskandar Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Parameswara
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
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Index

Malacca Sultanate
Parameswara
Muhammad Shah
Issue
Muhammad Shah
Parameswara
Sunni Islam
Sultan
Malacca
Parameswara
Malacca
Ming Empire
Malay Annals
Sir Richard Winstedt
Second World War
Tomé Pires
George Coedes
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Wang Gungwu
Ming annals
History of Ming
Yongle Emperor
Tomé Pires
"Iskandar Shah"
Miksic, John N.
Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300–1800
ISBN
978-9971695743

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