Melaka

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滿剌加
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Phonetically "Man-la-jia", this name refers to the sultanate of Melaka/Malacca centered on what is now the city of Melaka on the south-west coast of peninsular Malaysia. For Ma Huan's account of the city in the early 15th century see Mills (1970; 108-114). For further relevant literature, see C.C. Brown (1952), Chan Hok-lam (1991), Muhammed Yusoff Hashim (1992), Wang Gungwu (1964, 1968, 1968a, 1970), Reid and Marr (1979; 406-413) and Wyatt (1994; 82-89).

For information on further Chineses sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 741, 818, 990).

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