Tag: Malacca Sultanate (kingdom)

Malaysians and Singaporeans would be familiar about how a Sumatran prince named Parameswara founded the Malacca Sultanate, but was there ...

... and rightly so! The break-in, reported two weekends ago, saw the loss of three replica Portuguese pistols and eleven ...

Today's short history series focuses on Malaysia. Again, the information here is scant and sometimes contradictory.

We explore the origins of the name Singapura, in Singapore in this third of a series.

The Hindu-Buddhist polity of Srivijaya was one of the greatest empires in the first millenium, with an influence over much ...

The state government of Malacca intends to rebuild the 'historic' Malacca, that of the 15th century which is regarded as ...

30 March 2007 (Lim Kit Siang's blog) - Lim Kiat Siang is a leading opposition figure in Malaysian politics. In ...