The Sultanate of Pasai, also known as Samudera Darussalam, or Samudera Pasai, is an Islamic empire located on the northern coast of Sumatra, approximately around Lhokseumawe City and North Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia.
There is not so much archaeological evidence of this kingdom to be used as a study of history. [1] But some historians began to establish a relationship with this kingdom sourced from Hikayat Raja Pasai, [2] and this with some king tombs and the invention of gold and silver coins with the name of the king. [3]
The kingdom was built by Marah Silu, who is the title of Sultan Malik as-Saleh, around 1267. The existence of this kingdom is also listed in the book Rihlah ila l-Masyriq (The Wawning to the East) by Abu Abdullah ibn Batuthah (1304-1368), a Moroccan traveler came to this country in 1345. The Pasai Sultanate finally collapsed after the Portuguese ihsan attack in 1521.
