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سلطنة سامودرا باساي

Samudera Pasai: an early Muslim sultanate in Southeast Asia

696 AH · 1297 CE

Samudera Pasai باساي

The tombstone of Sultan Malik al-Salih of Samudera Pasai in northern Sumatra, dated 696 AH, is among the earliest evidence of a Muslim ruler in Southeast Asia. Ibn Battuta visited Pasai in 1345.

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Sources

  • M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1200
  • Ibn Battuta, Rihla
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