Southern and Eastern Sumatra Near Palembang was the capital of the first great kingdom in Indonesia, Sriwijaya. More recently, Palembang was ruled by its own sultan. Jambi and Riau were also sultanates in the straits region. Johore was another sultanate in what is now Malaysia. Melaka was taken by the Portuguese in 1511, then by the Dutch in 1641. The Dutch transferred Melaka to the British in 1824, by which time the British had founded a new city at Singapore. Lampung in southernmost Sumatra is famous for pepper. The original Krakatau volcano was in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java.