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| | Malayan history to 1963 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Malayan history to 1963 |
 | | Parameswara was a Hindu when he came to Malacca; the conversion to Islam was gradual, probably beginning under Parameswara's successor, and was not completed until the 17th century when Iskandar Muda, sultan of Acheh, took a leading part in spreading Islam to the Malay Peninsula itself. |
 | | At first a fishing village, occupied by ‘sea gypsies’ (aboriginal orang-laut), it attracted fugitives from Tumasik, among them its dispossessed ruler, Parameswara. |
 | | The new Malay state he founded was beset with enemies, chief among whom was Siam (Thailand). |
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