Sultan Mahmud Iskandar (1932–2010), 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia the 24th and present Sultan of Johor
Tanjung Pinang was a political center 500 years ago, when the Portuguese won the battle of Malacca and the Sultan Mahmud of Malacca fled to Tanjung Pinang to create a resistance against the Portuguese's very hostile expansion.
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Barrister Shafique Ahmed, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliament; Abul Kalam Azad, Minister for Information and Culture; Sharmin Chowdhury, State Minister for Women and Children; Artist Mustafa Manwar, Chairman of Bangladesh Shishu Academy; Mohammad Asafuddoula, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Bangladesh Digital Film Society; Sultan Mahmud, Country Director of Save the Children Australia; Film star Ilias Kanchan were among them.
Sultan Mahmud Bridge or Jambatan Sultan Mahmud (Jawi: جمبتن سلطان مهمود) is a bridge in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia, which crosses Terengganu River.
Since Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna was himself of Turkic origin and his armies consisted of Turks, Persians and Afghans from Afghanistan/Afghan Turkestan after the conquest the town became known as Turk-sar, which in the Turkic language means 'beset by the Turks'.