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السلطان علي مغاية شاه

Ali Mughayat Syah (RH)

Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah

Also known as: Ali Mughayat Shah

c. 885–936 AH · c. 1480–1530 CE

Reigned c. 1514–1530 CE

Rulers Aceh Sultanate

Founder of the Sultanate of Aceh, who drove the Portuguese from northern Sumatra.

Ali Mughayat Syah united the small states at the northern tip of Sumatra into the Sultanate of Aceh Darussalam. Between about 1520 and 1524 he took Pedir and Pasai, driving out the Portuguese who had set up posts there after their capture of Melaka.

As Muslim traders turned away from Portuguese Melaka, Aceh became their port of call, and the kingdom he founded grew into the strongest Muslim power in the region. His gravestone in Banda Aceh is dated 936 AH (1530).

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Life journey

  1. c. 1480 CE Banda Aceh آتشيه
    Died 1530 CE · 936 AH

Places in their life

Masjid Raya Baiturrahman, Banda Aceh
Masjid Raya Baiturrahman, Banda Aceh
Photo: ROFIQOHHASAN, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1200 (4th ed., 2008)
  • Anthony Reid, Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450–1680 (1988–1993)
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Birth year unknown (estimated for the timeline); the start of his reign is approximate.