High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Parameswara (1344 1414) (also called Iskandar Shah) was a Malay-Hindu prince from Temasek who founded the Malacca Sultanate around 1402.Parameswaran is a Tamil word which derived from Sanskrit Paramesvara , which comes from Parama i.e supreme and Iswara, meaning Lord, and is another name for Lord Shiva.In the 14th century, Srivijaya was losing its influence and faced threats from various corners of the Malay Archipelago. Around the same time, the Majapahit empire, centered in Java, was expanding its borders beyond Java island. The Srivijayan empire had previously controlled parts of Java but it was driven out of in 1290 by the increasingly powerful Singhasari, a predecessor to Majapahit. Singhasari later attacked the Sriwijaya palace in the Malayu. As a result, Srivijaya had to move its court from Palembang, on the bank of Musi River in southern Sumatra, to Malayu (now Jambi province) on Batang Hari River bank. Although the royal court had moved to Malayu, Palembang remained an important imperial city.