Kota Kuala Muda Medieval Gate

Kota Kuala Muda Medieval Gate (11 March, 2008)


Kota Kuala Muda Medieval Gate (GPS: 5.58507, 100.37469) is the remnant of a medieval fort that once encircled the trading post of Kota Kuala Muda. Indeed the name of the town refers to the fortification itself. The settlement was built to protect trade flowing down the Muda River, the the fortification itself is the tangible relic of that past.

Much of the early fortification, which had been built and rebuilt by different sultans, had since been demolished - or pulled down by adversaries, such as had happened in the power tussle for the thrown. Such a thing did take place in 1821, when Tengku Yaakob, the younger brother to the sultan, captured Kota Kuala Muda, with help from Siamese troops. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin attempted a few times to eject him from the trading port, and when unsuccessful, had to move his seat of government to a new site, providing for the founding of Alor Setar (within then an area called Kota Setar, now the district) as his new seat of administration.

Kota Kuala Muda Medieval Gate is on the Map of Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah

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