Question

1) Anwar was a 17th century trader from Mecca. Every five years he would sail to ‘The

Gate to Mecca’ to buy commodities. Which place are we referring to and why was it

called so?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Malacca Sultanate (Malay: Kesultanan Melayu Melaka; Jawi script: کسلطانن ملايو ملاک) was a Malay sultanate centred in the modern-day state of Malacca, Malaysia. Conventional historical thesis marks c. 1400 as the founding year of the sultanate by King of Singapura, Parameswara, also known as Iskandar Shah (after he converted to Islam) from Palembang.[1] : 245–246  but this year of Malacca establishment has been recently revised to be 1262.[2] At the height of the sultanate's power in the 15th century, its capital grew into one of the most important transshipment ports of its time, with territory covering much of the Malay Peninsula, the Riau Islands and a significant portion of the northern coast of Sumatra in present-day Indonesia.[3]