Zain Al-’Abadin

The Sultan Zain Al-’Abadin was the rightful ruler of Semudera, on the island of Sumatra. He had been overthrown by a usurper named Sekandar. Zheng He restored the sultan to his throne on his fourth expedition.
 
 

Fei Xin’s Accounts of Brava and Mogadishu	East African Oral History Account of Kilwa	Duarte Barbosa’s Account of Brava	Ibn Battuta’s Account of Mogadishu

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