Malik al-Salih of Samudra

ملك الصالح السمودراوي

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Indonesia

Draft card for Malik al-Salih (Merah Silu), the first Muslim sultan of Sumatra and founder of the Samudra-Pasai sultanate in the thirteenth century, d. 1297; the dynastic handbook entry is not yet checked on the page.

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At a glance

Roles
Ruler
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Southeast Asia
Identifiers
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mun'im ibn al-Faras al-Andalusi (Abu Muhammad, Maliki jurist) · Abd al-Rahman al-Adhara'i · Abu l-Fida · Abu al-Hasan al-Marini, sultan of the Maghrib · Abu al-Hasan al-Saghir (Ali ibn Muhammad al-Zarwili)

In space

Indonesia

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Indonesia

People and things also explored

Demak–Portuguese conflicts· Makassar War· Trunajaya Rebellion· Abdul Somad· Achmad Zaky· Adi Hidayat· Agus Subiyanto· Ahmad Bahauddin Nursalim

Sources

  • Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: a Chronological and Genealogical Manual (1996)
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Demak–Portuguese conflicts

Draft card for Demak–Portuguese conflicts; its sources are not yet checked on the page.