Hang Tuah

Hang Tuah

male
Hang Tuah is a legendary Malay hero who lived during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah of the Sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century. He was the...
Hang Li Po

Hang Li Po

female
Hang Liu was the fifth wife of Malacca's Sultan Mansur Shah (reigning from 1456 to 1477). It is disputed whether such a person exists due to the...
Duarte Barbosa

Duarte Barbosa

male, deceased (1521)
Duarte Barbosa (d. 1521) was a Portuguese writer and trader. Living in the 15th and the 16th century, his father was Diogo Barbosa. He travelled as...
Tun Perak

Tun Perak

male
Tun Perak was the most famous "bendahara", a Malay rank similar to a prime minister, of the Sultanate of Malacca. He served under four sultans from...
Parameswara

Parameswara

male, deceased (1424)
Parameswara or Sultan Iskander Shah (1344-1414) was a Malay prince of Palembang Hindu descent from Srivijaya that founded the Sultanate of Malacca...
Hang Jebat

Hang Jebat

male
Hang Jebat was the closest companion of the legendary Malay hero Hang Tuah. He is well known for his vengeful rebellion against the Malacca Sultan...

Mahmud Shah OfMalacca

male, deceased (1528)
Sultan Mahmud Shah (died 1528) ruled Malacca from 1488 to 1528. He was the son of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. Upon his father's premature death,...

Alauddin Al-Kahar

male
Alauddin Riayat Syah al-Kahar was the third sultan of Aceh, and was one of the sultanate's strongest warriors. He succeeded his brother Salahuddin...

Sultan Mahmud Shah II of Johor

male, deceased (1699)
H.H. Paduka Sri Sultan Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah was the 10th Sultan of Johor, Pahang and Lingga(1685-3 September,1699)....