Muar

Muar stands at the mouth of the Muar River on the Strait of Malacca. Its estuary links the western coast of the Malay Peninsula with the river's inland reaches. Muar belonged to the sphere of the Malacca sultanate, and its rulers fortified the river approach against Portuguese attack. After Malacca fell in 1511, Sultan Mahmud withdrew through Muar and other places as he sought to sustain his power beyond the captured capital.