    ‘Sentence. Goverried by the great bendahara Mutahir  ‘with more.dliplomacy ‘than military force, the sultanate  ‘sserted its supremacy over the. whole Malay peninsiila  (except for the northernmost That-held. Patni, region)  ‘and. across the -Melakd “Straits ‘to "the east. coast of  Sumatra,    ‘Sentenés 2: Governed by the great bénddhara: Mutabir  ‘with diplomacy rather than military force,