Hang Li Po

Hang Li Po (Chinese: 韓麗寶; pinyin: Hàn Lìbǎo) was the fifth wife of Malaccan Sultan Mansur Shah (reigned 1456-1477). It is disputed whether Hang Li Po ever existed since she was never recorded in the Ming Chronicles of the ruling Chinese Ming Dynasty nor in the genealogical record of the imperial house of Zhu, the royal family of the Ming dynasty. In addition, the Ming decorum of rites, governed by the Ministry of Rites, in the matter of bestowing the title princess always used two characters followed by the title 公主 (Gong Zhu, a title denoting blood-relation to the Emperor) or 郡主 (Jun Zhu, indicating a relation to a Duke or a non-royal relation), such as was the case with Princess Changping 長平公主 and Princess Dongyang 東陽郡主. The claim of a Ming princess converting to Islam is also disputed as the conversion of any aristocratic member of the Ming court to a foreign religion or belief was forbidden. A further dispute involves the time of arrival of the Sultan's envoy from Malacca. Some sources claim the reigning Ming Emperor was the Tianshun Emperor (reigned 1457-1464) whilst others state that Han Li Po was a princess in the court of the Yongle Emperor (reigned 1402–1424). There is another speculation, the princess is just a very beautiful maid in the imperial house which was picked to assume the role of a princess. This type of princess usually are sent to far away kingdom that are not significant to the emperor and are not being declare in history book. This kind of practice was common throughout China history.