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| Tango01 | 26 Dec 2025 2:16 p.m. PST |
"The Sultan of Malacca, Sultan Muzaffar Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Shah, was the 5th Sultan of Malacca. He had been engaged in intermittent war with the neighbouring Samudera Pasai Sultanate of Sumatra for two years. As the spring of 1447 another campaign began as the Sultan's general Tun Perak began his advance.
Few details remain of the Battle of Tamiang. What we do know was that army under Tun Perak comprised some 10,000 men along with 50 elephants. It was composed, like that of the enemy opposite, infantry armed mostly with spear and sword. These were supplemented by archers and a few armed with blowpipes. These were further bolstered by a number of elephants. It was from one of these elephants that Tun Perak commanded. The Sultan of Malacca, unlike his enemy, put great faith in the heavy cannon supplied by the Ottomans. Indeed the Malaccan expedition had some 20 heavy pieces available…"
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