 The cannon's history in the Malacca Straits began in the early 1600s, when Dutch East India Company officers gave it to the Sultan of Johor in return for trading concessions.In 1613, the Sultanate of Aceh attacked and destroyed Johor, captured the sultan, and took "Seri Rambai" to Aceh.Near the end of the eighteenth century the cannon was sent by Aceh to Selangor and mounted next to one of the town's hilltop forts.