The History of the Pasai Ocean Kingdom:
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The history of the Samudera Pasai kingdom is indeed so interesting to us as followers of Islam. Due to the Pasai ocean kingdom standing around the 13th century, because during that year was the year of the collapse of the Srivijaya kingdom, Samudra Pasai Kingdom was founded by Sultan Marah Silu, the King of the Pasai ocean kingdom, then he changed his name to the name Malik As Saleh, after he converted to Islam, Because Sultan Malik As Saleh was the first king of Samudra Pasai kingdom, then definitely Samudra Pasai Kingdom was the first Islamic kingdom in Indonesia. During his period of power, the period of the Sultanate of Malik As Saleh lasted for approximately 29 years, namely from 1297 to 1326 AD, to be known together with the kingdom of Samudrea Pasai was a combination of the kingdom of Peurlak in east Aceh, and the kingdom of Pasai in northern Aceh .
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The history of the Pasai ocean kingdom was also strengthened by the evidence of records from Ibn Battuta. He was a historian from Morocco, Ibn Battuta explained in the notes he wrote, that the Samudera Pasai kingdom was the center of Islamic studies, he had visited the Samudra Pasai kingdom in 1345 -1346, at that time Ibn Battuta called it by the name "Sumutrah" which we now know today by the name of Sumatra, after arriving at the port of Pasai, at that time Ibn Battuta was picked up directly by a young Pasai admiral named Bohruz, Furthermore, Batutah was invited to palace to meet the grandson of Malik as-Saleh, Sultan Muhammad.
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During the sultanate, the Pasai kingdom with Sultan Mahmud from Delhi, known as the Indian state now, and also the Ottoman Ottoman Sultanate from Turkey, reportedly had cooperated and established good relations. Not only that, it was also reported that there was one employee from the Safavid Kingdom who worked and immortalized himself in the palace of Samudra Pasai Kingdom, so no need to be surprised, if in the future the literary works of Persia were very famous in Samudra Pasai kingdom,This can be seen from a variety of historical evidence and items of the kingdom of Pasai Sultanate which are patterned and originated from Persia..
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From the records of Ibn Battuta in his story, the religion of Islam has existed since a century ago in the Samudera Pasai Kingdom which was estimated in the 12th century AD. it was only a year left in the Pasai ocean kingdom, after that Ibn Battuta continued his journey to China.
Sultan Malik al Saleh as the first king died in 1297, and after he died, Sultan Malik al Saleh's position as King was replaced by Malikal-Zahir, ie from 1297 to 1302, Malikal-Zahir was given the name at that time under the name Sultan Muhammad.
That is a little story about the first Islamic civilization in Indonesia in particular and Southeast Asia in general, stay safe, stay home, protect our families from the corona pandemic and have a nice day.