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Sultan
Mehmed II |
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Sultan
Mansur Shah |
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1450's
A strong alliance is built between Turkish traders of the Ottoman
Empire and Sultan Mansur Shah of Malacca and the Malaysian Empire.
Both parties benefit from taxes and profits imposed from being
the middlemen and go-between of international trade.
Malacca benefits as a point of exchange between East and the
Indian, Arab and Persian regions; and the Turks benefit as the
distributor of goods at Venice and in the colonies of its Empire
in Eastern Europe.
1471 Keen
to be given priority in trade, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (1451-1481)
signs a treaty with Sultan Mansur Shah. The Turks are to be
given the best goods and at cheaper and competitive prices;
and return, they will assist the expansionist interests of the
Malaysian Empire by providing arms, armies, and ships and create
inroads into the Europe.
The signing of this Treaty culminates in the marriage of the
daughter of Sultan Mehmed II and the eldest son of Sultan Mansur
Shah, Raja Alauddin Shah.
This marriage seals the relationship of the Malaysians and Turks,
and the expansion of the Malaysian Empire into Europe.
Similar to the Habsburg Dynasty, this new alliance leads to
further inter-marriages between the royal lineages of both the
Turks and the Malaysians.
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