Melayu Kingdom

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Map of ancient Melayu Kingdom.

Melayu Kingdom (later known as Jambi or Jambi Kingdom) is an ancient kingdom (4th–13th century CE) established around present-day Jambi on Sumatra, Indonesia. The location is approximately 200km north of Palembang and some 400km south of Singapore. In the year 1275 CE, the king of Singhasari kingdom, Kertanegara, conquers the Melayu kingdom. According to records, in the year 1281, Islam arrived at Melayu (or Jambi), the Muslims of Melayu (or Jambi) send an embassy to the Mongol of Kublai Khan. In the years 1347, Adityavarman, or Adityawarman, king of Melayu (or Jambi), rules Minangkabau for Majapahit.

According to written sources from China, the early Melayu kingdom covered Srivijaya, later Srivijaya established another sect of Buddhism and thus the power expanded and gained indenpendent. In the late 7th century, Yijing monk recorded that the second time he returned back to Ma-La-Yu (Chinese: 末羅瑜國), it was captured by Srivijaya.

Part of the original script written by the pilgrimage monk of Tang dynasty, Yijing. The script depicted his journey from China to Nalanda of India on a Persian boat (see I Ching (monk)).