Sultan Ahmad Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Shah (died 1513) was the last

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of the

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. The son of

Sultan Mahmud Shah Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah (died 1528) ruled the Sultanate of Malacca from 1488 to 1511, and again as pretender to the throne from 1513 to 1528. He was son to Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. As a monarch, he was kno ...

, Ahmad Shah's rule began in 1511 when his father stepped aside, and ended in 1513 when he died during the kingdom's war with

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: His father stabbed him after failing to conquer

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. He was succeeded by his father. Sultan Ahmad Shah was also involved in the myth of the Mount Ledang princess, where the princess had requested from the Sultan of Malacca, among other things, a bowl of the sultan's young son's, and hence Ahmad's blood in order to marry her. There is also another account regarding how Ahmad Shah was in charge despite not being officially appointed as ruler to cover up for his father's escape with Tun Teja alongside

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to the Indian Ocean.

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Kingdom of Malacca
( 2009-10-31) from MSN Encarta * https://web.archive.org/web/20150706142851/http://www.malaccaguide.com/history_of_malacca_2.html

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