The Historical City Of Malacca

Welcome to Malacca World Heritage City. On this site you
will find comprehensive listing with information on almost
every aspect of visiting and living in Malacca.

Malacca History
· Introduction
· The state crest
· The state flag
· History and historical chronology
· Malacca's historical sites
· Places of interest
· Trivia and folklore
  · The legend of Pulau Besar
  · St. Francis lore
  · The first school in Malaysia
  · Admiral Cheng Ho's famous fingerprints
  · A Chinese princess and a magic well
  · Population of Malacca in 1881
· Malacca Walkabout
  · Historical site walk
  · Religious houses tour
  · Jogging on Bukit China
· Legendary visitors of ancient Malacca
  · Admiral Cheng Ho (Zheng He)
  · Ferdinand Magellan
  · Saint Francisco Xavier
  · Sir Stamford Raffles
  · Yap Ah Loy
· The Malay Sultanate of Malacca
  · The early stages
  · The administration
  · The political functions
· The Portuguese conquest of Malacca
· The Malacca fort 'A Famosa'
· Back to the past
  · Alfred Russel Wallace (1854)
  · Isabella Lucy Bird (1879)
· Old paintings and maps of Malacca
· Black and white pictures of yesteryears
· The ruins of St. Paul's Church
· Birdwatching at Bukit China

The Malay Sultanate of Malacca

Malacca, during the fifteenth and sixteenth century, had a society which adhere to certain arrangements and rules, there existed an administrative and political system based on the realities and principles by which these arrangements and rules continue to exist. With the existence of both these spheres, administrative and political, Malacca managed to survive and maintain its identity as a social organization from the time it was founded in the early fifteenth century until the early sixteenth century. This organization existed in Malacca as a kingdom and as an imperial sea-power or empire. Although, the norms of the administrative and political systems that existed should be viewed in the context of the contemporary situation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and in consonance with the social-cultural and intellectual aspects of that society rather than through the norms and values and way of thinking of the modern day society.

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We recommend the following site(s):
· The Dutch in Malaysia: Dutchmalaysia.net
· Malacca on Wikipedia: Wikipedia.org