8.1.03 - The Malacca Sultanate (1402–1511)

  

And said Sri Parameswara "good place this, the mousedeer's strong, what more a man. Good place to build a city." His men concurred. He asked "what's the name of this tree I rested under?". His men answered "Malacca tree, sire".

"So it is we shall call this place MALACCA" and he ordered his men to build a city at the spot.

Before long the city was built. The palace was by the sea closed to the estuary. On the other side of the river was a trading post built on 20 stilts. And that's where the Malaccans trade. And all the east heard of the new port of call, and traders from far and wide came. Words came to China, and the Yung-lo Emperor dispatched ambassador Yin Ching to Malacca. The year was 1405.