Premise: Governed by the great bendahara Mutahir with more diplomacy than military force, the sultanate asserted its supremacy over the whole Malay peninsula (except for the northernmost Thai-held Patani region) and across the Melaka Straits to the east coast of Sumatra.

Hypothesis: Governed by the great bendahara Mutahir with diplomacy rather than military force.
Relation: entailment