    tence % Governed by the great  endahara Mutahir with more diplomacy!  han military force, the sultanate asserted  ts supremacy over the whole Malay]  eninsula (except for the northernmost!  fhai-held Patani region) and across the  elaka Straits to the east coast of Sumatra   ntence 2: Mutahi ruled by showing force  ver his subjects.