Sultan Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Megat Iskandar Shah (died 1444), also popularly known as Raja Tengah or Radin Tengah, was the third
sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
of
Malacca
Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...
. He is the son of
Megat Iskandar Shah of Malacca
Sultan Megat Iskandar Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Parameswara (died 1424) is believed to be either the first or the second Sultan of Malacca and the son of Parameswara. The position of Megat Iskandar Shah as the second ruler of Malacca has historica ...
. He ruled Malacca from 1424 to 1444.
Some sources named the third ruler of Malacca as Sri Maharaja.
Some sources also named him as Sultan Mohammad Shah, although different versions suggest that Sultan Mohammad Shah was Raja Tengah's son. He had two sons, Raja Kasim and Raja Ibrahim. He was succeeded by
Abu Syahid Shah
Sultan Abu Syahid Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Shah (died 1446) whose real name was Raja Ibrahim, was the 4th Sultan of the Malaccan Sultanate from 1444 to 1446. Despite the fact that Malacca was a Muslim kingdom, Syahid Shah was a practisi ...
.
The
Dream
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It was said that one night the king had a dream. He dreamt that he saw the Islamic Prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
clearly and Prophet Muhammad subsequently told him to repeat 'there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger'. After the king repeated these words, Prophet Muhammad said that a ship from
Jeddah
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would anchor at the time for afternoon prayers, and the king was to follow the directions of the man who would come out of the ship to pray. With that, Prophet Muhammad disappeared from sight. Sure enough, everything described in the dream happened. After he travelled onto the ship, he arrived in
Mecca
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where he lived until his death in 1444.
Baju Melayu
The king is the inventor of Baju Melayu or initially known as Baju Kurung.
References
1444 deaths
Sultans of Malacca
History of Malacca
15th-century monarchs in Asia
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