Tare da faduwar Malacca na Portuguese a cikin 1641 da kuma raguwar Aceh saboda karuwar ikon Dutch, Johor ya fara sake kafa kansa a matsayin iko tare da mashigin Malacca a lokacin mulkin Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah III (1623-1677). ).^[55] Tasirinsa ya kai Pahang, Sungei Ujong, Malacca, Klang da Riau Archipelago.^[56] A lokacin yakin uku, Jambi kuma ya fito a matsayin ikon tattalin arziki da siyasa na yanki a Sumatra.Da farko an yi yunkurin kulla alaka tsakanin Johor da Jambi tare da alkawarin aure tsakanin magaji Raja Muda da diyar Pengeran Jambi.Duk da haka, Raja Muda ya auri 'yar Laksamana Abdul Jamil, wanda ya damu da rushewar mulki daga irin wannan kawance, ya ba da 'yarsa aure maimakon.^[57] Saboda haka kawancen ya wargaje, sannan aka yi yaki na shekaru 13 tsakanin Johor da kasar Sumatran tun daga shekarar 1666. Yakin ya yi wa Johor bala'i yayin da Jambi ta kori Batu Sawar babban birnin Johor a 1673. Sarkin Musulmi ya tsere. zuwa Pahang kuma ya mutu bayan shekaru hudu.Sarkin da ya gaje shi, Sultan Ibrahim (1677-1685), sannan ya shagaltu da taimakon Bugis wajen yakar Jambi.^[56] A ƙarshe Johor zai yi nasara a cikin 1679, amma kuma ya ƙare a cikin raunin rauni yayin da Bugis ya ƙi komawa gida, kuma Minangkabaus na Sumatra suma sun fara tabbatar da tasirin su.^[57]