Palembang

Palembang stood on the Musi in southern Sumatra and had been the capital of Srivijaya. In the fourteenth century it was under Majapahit overlordship, and Prince Parameswara fled a Javanese attack.

In 1407 Zheng He’s fleet destroyed the pirate Chen Zuyi’s ships and installed Shi Jinqing as ruler. A Muslim dynasty later arose in Palembang. The Dutch East India Company took a pepper monopoly in 1642 and burned the city in 1659. After British and Dutch intervention, the sultanate ended in 1825.