Kota Melaka 500 years ago

Pada tahun 1509, Diego Lopez de Sequiera dengan 18 buah kapal dari Angkatan diRaja Portugal tiba di Melaka. Mereka merupakan orang Eropah pertama yang tiba di Asia Tenggara dan digelar "Benggali Putih" oleh orang tempatan. Oleh kerana orang-orang Portugis membuat kacau di Melaka seperti mengusik gadis-gadis dan mencuri, disamping perselisihan faham, Sultan Mahmud Shah kemudiannya mengarahkan supaya orang-orang Portugis dihalau dari Melaka. Angkatan Portugis diserang dan 20 anak kapalnya ditahan. Orang-orang Portugis berminat berdagang di Melaka

Pada 10 Ogos 1511, sebuah armada laut Portugis yang besar dari India diketuai oleh Alfonso de Albuquerque kembali ke Melaka. Albuquerque membuat beberapa permintaan membina markas Portugis di Melaka tetapi permintaannya ditolak oleh Sultan Mahmud Shah. Selepas 10 hari mengepung, pihak Portugis berjaya menawan Kota Melaka pada 24 Ogos. Sultan Mahmud Shah terpaksa melarikan diri ke Pahang di pantai timur di mana beliau gagal dalam percubaannya mendapat pertolongan daripada negara China.

Menurut artikel ini, 24/8/1511 adalah tarikh Kota Melaka jatuh ke tangan Portugis. Aku pula mengambil tarikh 15/8/1511. Tanah Melayu merdeka pada 31/8/1957. Kita masih belum bebas sepenuhnya kalau dilihat dari konteks ramai barua barua yang boleh melingkupkan kemerdekaan negara ini.





After 1511.

1513 = Mahmud and his son Alaudin led armies to storm Portuguese

- between 1513 to 1528, the King disrupted the Portuguese by series of Blockages and ambushes with aid from Kampar and Pahang

1514 = Alliance with Java storm Portuguese fort at Malacca
1518 = Alliance with Sultan of Bentan mase dia duduk di Kampar.. storm again Melaka

1518 jugak... Mahmud membina benteng kayu di luar kota Melaka utk menyekat Portuguese dari darat

1528 = Outcasted panglima Hang Nadim storm Portuguese Fort dari laut
1538 = Stormed by Sutlan Acheh
1551 = Combine Fleets from Johor, Jepara dan Perak besiege Malacca for 3 months

1568 = Johor and Portuguse combined attacking Achehnese fleet for terrorizing Selat Melaka

1572 = Malacca attacked again by Sultan of Acheh
1573 = again by Sultan of Acheh
1574 = Malacca attacked again by Sultan Jawa
1575 = Again by Acheh

1597 = Dutch for the 1st time, attacking Malacca

1606 = Combine Fleets from Johore and Dutch attack Portugeuse fort Malacca.. blockage for 3 months
1616 = Acheh again attacked Malacca

1628 = Acheh captured Malacca from Portuguese, holds it for 8 months before recaptured by Portuguese back

1636 = Johor and Dutchs attacked Malacca by destroying their harbour

1641 = Malacca fell to combined forces of Johor and Dutch

THEN... 2ND ROUND SPARRING : Melayu Vs. Omputih

1756 = Johor stormed Malacca Dutch

1784 = again, Johor stormed Malacca fort

1895 = Malacca fell to British under anglo treaties agreement

THEN... 3RD ROUND SPARRING : Melayu Vs. Melayu Vs. Omputih plak

1535 = Gustavoe De Gama attacked Kota Kara. War at sea. Repulsed
1535 = also.. between 2 months, again attacked by Gustavoe De Gama. Repulsed
1539 = Acheh attacked Aru, Johor Alliance.. War at land. Aru razed to ground.
1540 = Johor attack Acheh at Aru, known as Battle of Sg. Paneh.. and recaptured it. 12,000 Acheh soldiers perished.
1564 = Acheh attack Johor, Kota Batu dan Johor lama razed to ground
1576 = Portuguese fleet attacked Johor Kota Batu... beaten back
1578 = Portugeuse fleet again attacked Kota Batu.. and again beaten back
1582 = Acheh again attacked Kota Batu.. also beaten back
1586 = Johor fleet storm Malacca fort, Alaudin led, and general singaraja conquer the northern part of the fort
1587 = Portugeuse storm Kota Batu again, beaten back by allies of JOhor form Minangkabau, Javanese, Trengganu and Pahang
1587 = again, in 2 months.. they tried to storm the Kota Batu.. and again they were beaten back
1588 = Kota Batu fell to Portugeuse, with help from fleets from Goa India

1613 = Acheh attacked Batu sawar, captured it
1615 = Acheh again attacked Batu Sawar, sebab sultan disuspect berkawan dgn Dutch
1673 = Jambi stormed Batu Sawar and captured it

TOTAL WARS (as recorded by known Croniclers) are : 36 wars from 1511 to 1784


And until today, the Malays still...