 Nhau dzokubudirira kweMalacca dzakasvika kuvaPutukezi, avo vakanga vava kugara muzviteshi zvengarava zveIndia. VaPutukezi, vachitungamirirwa naMambo Manuel I, vakatuma mumiririri ainzi Diogo Lopes de Sequeira kuti aone Sultanate. Pakutanga, Sequeira akagamuchirwa zvakanaka naSultan Mahmud Shah. Asi nzanga yechiMuslim yeTamil, iyo yakanga yatova nechivako chakasimba muMalacca, yakanyengetedza Sultan kubvisa vaPutukezi nemhaka yemabatirwo avaiitwayavaMuslim veGoa. Achipindura mushumo wacho, Sultan Mahmud akabva arayira kuti varume vanoverengeka vomumiriri wechiPutukezi vasungwe vourayiwa, asi vamwe vavo vakakwanisa kutiza nengarava dzavo. Nokudaro, muna April 1511 Afonso de Albuquerque, uyo akanga ari mutungamiriri wenzendo yechiPutukezi pamwe chete nehondo yake, akasvika muMalacca kuti agure kutengeserana kwechiIslam neVenetian. Chinangwa chake chakatsanangurwa mumashoko ake paakasvika kuMalacca: 