Mahmud Shah of Malacca

Mahmud Shah
8th Sultan of Malacca
Reign1488–1511, 1513-1528
PredecessorAlauddin Riayat Shah
SuccessorAhmad Shah
Born1429
Malacca
Died1528
Kampar, Riau
Burial
Wives
  • Princess of Sultan of Pahang
  • Princess Onang Kening
  • Tun Teja Ratna Menggala
  • Tun Kudu
  • Tun Fatimah
IssueAlauddin Riayat Shah II
Muzaffar Shah I
Ahmad Shah I
HouseHouse of Malacca-Johor
FatherAlauddin Riayat Shah
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah (died 1528) ruled the Sultanate of Malacca from 1488 to 1511, and again as pretender to the throne from 1513 to 1528. He was son to Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah.[1]: 246  As a monarch, he was known to be ruthless ruler. After the capture of Malacca and the downfall of the century long sultanate; Mahmud left for Bintan and became a leader of a small confederacy which led attacks against Portuguese-occupied Malacca in the late 1510s. After retaliation from the Portuguese in 1526, he fled to Riau and died there in 1528.

He had several wives, the most notable being Tun Teja. The sultan was surrounded by able men and warriors such as Hang Tuah, Khoja Hassan and Hang Nadim. He had three sons; Ahmad Shah, Muzaffar Shah I and Alauddin Riayat Shah II. Muzaffar and Alauddin Riayat would later form the Perak and Johor Sultanate respectively.

Sultan Mahmud is associated with the Malay legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang which is about his failed courtship of a princess.

  1. ^ Cœdès, George (1968). The Indianized states of Southeast Asia. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824803681.