Pahang Sultanate

Pahang Sultanate
كسلطانن ڤهڠ
Kesultanan Pahang
1470–1623
StatusAutonomous kingdom within the Malacca Empire (1470–1511)
CapitalPekan
Common languagesClassical Malay
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Sultan 
• 1470–1475
Muhammad Shah (first)
• 1475–1495
Ahmad Shah I
• 1495–1512
Abdul Jamil Shah I (reigned jointly)
• 1495–1519
Mansur Shah I (reigned jointly)
• 1519–1530
Mahmud Shah I
• 1530–1540
Muzaffar Shah
• 1540–1555
Zainal Abidin Shah
• 1555–1560
Mansur Shah II
• 1560–1575
Abdul Jamal Shah (reigned jointly)
• 1560–1590
Abdul Kadir Alauddin Shah (reigned jointly)
• 1590–1592
Ahmad Shah II
• 1592–1614
Abdul Ghafur Muhiuddin Shah
• 1614–1615
Alauddin Riayat Shah
• 1615–1617
Abdul Jalil Shah III
• 1617–1623
Interregnum
History 
• Established
1470
• Acehnese invasion
1617
• Union with Johor
1623
CurrencyTampang, native gold and silver coins
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Malacca Sultanate
Old Pahang Kingdom
Johor Empire
Today part ofMalaysia

The Pahang Sultanate (Malay: Kesultanan Pahang, Jawi: كسلطانن ڤهڠ‎) also referred as the Old Pahang Sultanate, as opposed to the modern Pahang Sultanate, was a Malay Muslim state established in the eastern Malay Peninsula in the 15th century. At the height of its influence, the sultanate was an important power in Southeast Asia and controlled the entire Pahang basin, bordering the Pattani Sultanate to the north and the Johor Sultanate to the south. To the west, its jurisdiction extended over parts of modern-day Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.[1]

The sultanate has its origin as a vassal of Melaka, with its first sultan being a Melakan prince, Muhammad Shah, himself the grandson of Dewa Sura, the last pre-Melakan ruler of Pahang.[2] Over the years, Pahang grew independent from Melakan control and at one point even established itself as a rival state to Melaka[3] until the latter's demise in 1511. During this period, Pahang was heavily involved in attempts to rid the peninsula of the various foreign imperial powers; Portugal, the Netherlands and Aceh.[4] After a period of Acehnese raids in the early 17th century, Pahang entered into the amalgamation with the successor of Melaka, Johor, when its 14th sultan, Abdul Jalil Shah III, was crowned the 7th Sultan of Johor.[5] After a period of union with Johor, it was eventually revived as a modern sovereign Sultanate in the late 19th century by the Bendahara dynasty.[6]