Assertion: malacca's ruler | /r/CapableOf | choose shahbandar
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text: The ruler imposed regular and nonexorbitant taxes on shipping and chose a shahbandar (port officer) to deal with each of four groups of traders: those from western India; those from eastern India, Pegu and northern Sumatra; those from the Spice Islands, southern Sumatra and Java; and those from China and Indochina.