Malikussaleh
Malikussaleh is an Acehnese who established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai in the year 1267. His original name was Mara Silu, Merah Silu, or Muerah Silu. It was said he saw an ant as big as a cat, he caught it and ate it. He named the place Samudera, meaning ocean in Sanskrit. King Mara Silu later converted to Islam, given an Ayyubid name of al-Malik al-Ṣālih. He married neighbour Perlak Kingdom's daughter and had two sons. According to Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai, he met Muhammad in dream thus accepts conversion of Islam. Another source claimed a prince Malik from Aceh sailed across the sea to Beruas and established a sultanate there.According to Islamic Council of Victoria , historians argue "that by the beginning of the 9th century Arab merchants and sailors, had begun to dominate Nanhai or Southeast Asian Trade." However, Malik's tomb is the oldest evidence known of the establishment in Indonesia, indicating his death in 1297.
