Islam nwere mmetụta dị ukwuu n'ebe ndị Malay nọ, ma ha emetụtawokwa ha. Ndị Portuguese bụ ndị mbụ Europe colonial ike iji guzobe onwe ha na Malay Peninsula na Ndịda Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Eshia, na-ejide Malacca na 1511, sochiri Dutch na 1641. Otú ọ dị, ọ bụ ndị Britain, mgbe mbụ ha guzobere bases na Jesselton, Kuching Peninsula, na Singapore, n'ikpeazụ nwetara ha hegemony gafee ókèala nke Malaysia ugbu a.
Alaeze Sultan nke Malacca