The Diplomacy of Islamic Powers in the Malacca Strait

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Published: Nov 16, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15642/sarpass.2025.5.1.1-15
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Islamic Power, Malacca Strait, Diplomacy, Islamic Kingdoms

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Mohammad Saeri
Universitas Riau
Purwasandi Purwasandi
Universitas Riau
Herry Wahyudi
Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Nur Luthfi Hidayatullah
UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9096-9135

Abstract

The Strait of Malacca has been a strategic route for the meeting of economic, cultural, ideological and political interests since thousands of years ago. One of the impacts of this strategic meeting was the emergence of Islamic powers in the form of large Islamic kingdoms in the early 9th century. The existence of the Islamic powers of the Malacca Strait was revealed through a search of both primary and secondary documents. The results of this study prove that the emergence of Islamic powers in the Malacca Strait occurred through economic and cultural diplomacy, making it easier to strengthen the influence of Islamic ideology among the people along the Malacca Strait, both in Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. This strong and widespread influence of the Islamic religion became the basis for the establishment of large kingdoms which formed governments based on Islamic political principles. The clash of economic, cultural, ideological and political interests continued between the Islamic forces of the Malacca Strait and the Western powers as new arrivals which ended with the collapse of the Islamic forces of the Malacca Strait.

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Saeri, M., Purwasandi, P., Wahyudi, H., & Hidayatullah, N. L. (2025). The Diplomacy of Islamic Powers in the Malacca Strait. The Sunan Ampel Review of Political and Social Sciences, 5(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.15642/sarpass.2025.5.1.1-15
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Author Biography

Nur Luthfi Hidayatullah, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

Nur Luthfi Hidayatullah was born in Malang, Indonesia in 1991. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Brawijaya University in 2013 and a Master's Degree in International Relations from Airlangga University in 2017. Currently, he serves as a lecturer in Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya's International Relations Department.

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