The Sultanate of Aceh, then at the height of its power during the reign of Iskandar Muda, mounted a massive expedition against Portuguese-controlled Malacca in 1628, but this offensive resulted in a devastating failure, with the loss of more than 200 ships and 18.000 men.
What if the Portuguese were defeated and Malacca was taken? I assume the rest of Malaya would fall in the following years (Johor was occupied for a short time years prior), giving Aceh complete control of one of the most important waterways in the world. This would likely make them extremely rich, but it would also invite the unwanted attention of other Europeans, especially the Dutch, who already had a base in Java at that point.
Could butterflies affect the Ottoman Empire somehow? Aceh and Constantinople were close allies.
What if the Portuguese were defeated and Malacca was taken? I assume the rest of Malaya would fall in the following years (Johor was occupied for a short time years prior), giving Aceh complete control of one of the most important waterways in the world. This would likely make them extremely rich, but it would also invite the unwanted attention of other Europeans, especially the Dutch, who already had a base in Java at that point.
Could butterflies affect the Ottoman Empire somehow? Aceh and Constantinople were close allies.