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The Dutch take Melaka

1051 AH · 1641 CE

Melaka ملاكا

With the help of Johor, the Dutch East India Company besieged Portuguese Melaka for five months and took it in January 1641. Melaka declined as a port while Dutch Batavia rose, and the balance of power in the Straits shifted to the Dutch and Johor.

Masjid Kampung Kling, Melaka
Masjid Kampung Kling, Melaka
Photo: Azuladnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources

  • Barbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Y. Andaya, A History of Malaysia (3rd ed., 2017)
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.