---Author's Note---





This is a loose continuation of my previous work - the Uyghur Empire. While it has nothing to do with the former directly, the map does set in the same timeline so keep that bare in mind. The series I'm writing will be nothing more but a collection of sprawling Islamic Gunpowder Empires growing more in numbers and prominence compare to OTL. The gunpowder empires is pretty much an underrated concept that never been tapped before so this is my chance to shine amongst the rest, especially since people mostly make maps revolving either Europe or North America.Anyway, enough rambling. Enjoy!With the successful siege of Malacca drove all the very last Portuguese interlopers from the peninsula, Sultan Iskandar has finally secured the entire strait for his kingdom; securing the vast richness that was provided from the illustrious city and the gateway to the archipelago.Since then, his empire grows exponentially; not only they've secured most of Sumatra to his will and miraculously curb all their rivals from taking power, they've expanded rapidly toward the east. At the end of 1640, the sultanate has secured a giant chunk of the sprawling islands: securing not only Sumatra, but the Malay Peninsula, Southern Siam, most of Sunda and all of Java, Brunei and it's former territories, Maluku, and the Timor Islands. They've even reached to the farthest corners of the world, settling in the alien environment while exchanging with the locals.Not only they've grown into a juggernaut of an empire through sheer size, their society has developed into something reminiscent of their Ottoman benefactors. Their military marches through the archipelago through the sheer mass of their numbers and gunpowder, their navy filled with countless galleys feared by their neighbors, science and theology flourished under the core province, and Kutaraja has become a sprawling metropolis; encompassing tens of thousands from every corner of the Ummah trying to settle on the gateway of the Malacca Strait.With Iskandar Muda successfully build a powerful empire, what else could come next.