Malikussaleh

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North Aceh

Sultan Malikussaleh (

Islamic prophet Muhammad in dream thus accepts conversion of Islam. Another source claimed a prince Malik from Aceh sailed across the sea to Beruas (Gangga Negara
) and established a sultanate there.

Islam's arrival

According to Islamic Council of Victoria ICV Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, historians argue "that by the beginning of the 9th century Arab merchants and sailors, (and other Muslims) had begun to dominate Nanhai (Guangzhou) or Southeast Asian Trade." However, Malik's tomb is the oldest evidence known of the establishment in Southeast Asia,[1] indicating his death in 1297.[2]: 202 

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