Pahang Sultanate: Map & History
The Pahang Sultanate 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.
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The Pahang Sultanate 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.
Modern Countries Once Part of Pahang Sultanate
At its mapped extent, Pahang Sultanate covered territory in 1 present-day country. The period shown is when the mapped borders include that country, and the note says how much of it.
Largest Present-Day Cities in Its Territory
Each opens on the live map inside Pahang Sultanate's borders of that time.
Derived by testing mapped cities against this polity's dated territorial polygons, so the list is indicative and follows the borders in the source dataset.
Pahang Sultanate in Depth
History
Accompanied by Tun Hamzah who was appointed Bendahara for the new kingdom, Seri Akar Raja as his Hulubalang, a Penghulu Bendahari, a Temenggung, and a hundred youths and a hundred maidens of noble family, Raja Muhammad proceeded to Pahang where he was installed as sultan around 1470 with the title Sultan Muhammad Shah. The boundaries of his kingdom extended from Sedili Besar to the south up to border with Terengganu to the north. The first Melakan ruler of Pahang, appears to have settled at Tanjung Langgar in Pekan, the old seat of the pre-Melakan rulers.
The events of this period are obscure.
Economy
Since the pre-Melakan era, the inland river-valley routes that crossed through Pahang formed a significant trading network linking the east and west coast of the peninsula. The inland attractions were threefold; first the presence of gold in the interior along the Tembeling and Jelai rivers, as well as in Kelantan to the north, second, the presence of tradable forest products, and of local people, the Orang Asli where were skilled at getting them, and lastly, the suitability of most of the state for long-distance travel, because of its relatively non-mountainous and open terrain.
The Tembeling Valley was the connecting link between the ports and the tin mining areas of the west coast and the Lebir Valley in southeast Kelantan; the latter led in turn to the Patani and Kra Isthmus region.
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Pahang Sultanate Timeline
Key historical inflections from foundation to peak territorial expansion
Expansion to peak recorded area of 40,874 km² in 1887 CE.
Pahang Sultanate: Frequently Asked Questions
When did the Pahang Sultanate exist?
The Pahang Sultanate is dated to 1853 CE – 1889 CE, in the Industrial era.
What was the capital of the Pahang Sultanate?
The capital of the Pahang Sultanate was Pekan.
How large was the Pahang Sultanate at its peak?
At its peak in 1887 the Pahang Sultanate covered about 40,874 km².
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