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The government of Penang is based in the state's capital city of George Town . The state government consists of only two branches - executive and legislative. The Penang State Executive Council forms the executive branch, whilst the Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the state government. Penang's head of government is the ...
The Melayu Kingdom (also known as Malayu, Dharmasraya Kingdom or the Jambi Kingdom; Chinese: 末羅瑜國; pinyin: Mòluóyú Guó, reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation mat-la-yu kwok) [1] [2] [3] was a classical Buddhist kingdom located in what is now the Indonesian province of Jambi in Sumatra .
A tomb of Princess of Champa found in Mojokerto with the year of 1448 led the Javanese believed that she was one of King Brawijaya's principal wife. In addition, the name of Kertawijaya as the ancestor of Raden Patah found in Queen Kalinyamat 's tomb located in Jepara . Another story told that King Brawijaya's wife was a Muslim 's queen ...
v. t. e. The Kingdom of Pajang or Sultanate of Pajang ( كسلطانن ڤاجڠ ; 1586–1568) was a short-lived Muslim state in Java. It was established by Hadiwijaya or Jaka Tingkir, Lord of Boyolali, after a civil war and was a successor to Sultanate of Demak. Hadiwijaya claimed to be a descendant of Brawijaya V, the last king of the ...
The Mataram Kingdom ( / mɑːtɑːrɑːm /, [2] Javanese: ꦩꦠꦫꦩ꧀, Javanese pronunciation: [mətaram] ); also known as Medang Kingdom was a Javanese Hindu kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 11th centuries. It was based in Central Java, and later in East Java. Established by King Sanjaya, the kingdom was ruled by the Shailendra ...
Pakuan Pajajaran ( Sundanese: ᮕᮊᮥᮝᮔ᮪ᮕᮏᮏᮛᮔ᮪; known as Dayeuh Pakuan / Pakwan or Pajajaran) was the fortified capital city of Sunda Kingdom. The location roughly corresponds to modern Bogor city in West Java, Indonesia, approximately around the site of Batu Tulis. The site is revered as the spiritual home of Sundanese ...
Absolute monarchies (such as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Brunei and Eswatini) and dictatorships are the main modern-day forms of autocracy. In family dictatorships, political power is passed down within one family because of the overwhelming authority of the leader.
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