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By 1500, Melaka had become the leading port in Southeast Asia, drawing Chinese, Indian, Javanese, and Arab merchants away from the hitherto vital port of Pasai in Sumatra.
Governed by the great bendahara Mutahir with more diplomacy than military force, the sultanate asserted its supremacy over the whole Malay peninsula (except for the northernmost Thai-held Patani region) and across the Melaka Straits to the east coast of Sumatra.
Prosperity was based entirely on the entrepot trade: handling textiles from India, spices from Indonesia, silk and porcelain from China, gold and pepper from Sumatra, camphor from Borneo, sandalwood from Timor, and Malay tin from Perak.
As provided in the ancient Codewriters' Code , which dates back to ancient Sumeria--or is it Sumatra?
He served as lieutenant-governor in Java and Sumatra, during which time he wrote a History of Java.