[1]: 246 Despite the fact that Malacca was a Muslim kingdom, Syahid Shah was a practising Hindu.
[citation needed] Appointment of Raja Ibrahim as 4th Sultan of Malacca was unpopular because of his young age.
Syahid Shah on taking a Hindu title represented a traditionalist reaction in Malacca against Islam, the new religion.
He reigned for only seventeen months, after which he was killed in a plot allegedly conspired by the Tamil Muslim Bendahara (Grand Vizier), (Datuk Seri Nara Diraja Tun Ali), Raja Kassim, son of Muhammad Shah, Tun Perpatih Sedang and Datuk Bendahara Seri Amar Diraja.
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