Parameswara and the Mouse Deer: The Legend That Founded Malacca

Before Malacca became the richest trading port in Southeast Asia, it was a fishing village where a fugitive prince saw a mouse deer kick his dog and took it as a sign. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the founding of the Malacca Sultanate: how Srivijayan prince Parameswara fled Majapahit and Siam, settled at the Malacca River, and built an entrepot that attracted Chinese, Indian, Arab and Malay traders. They explore the legend from the Sejarah Melayu, Parameswara's conversion to Islam under his son Megat Iskandar Shah, the development of the port's unique administration under bendahara, laksamana and temenggung, the legal codes Undang-Undang Laut Melaka and Hukum Kanun Melaka, and the crucial alliance with Ming China through Zheng He's voyages. The episode ends with the seeds of Malacca's vulnerability that would later lead to the Portuguese conquest.

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