Aceh History With Foreign Countries

Aceh History With Foreign Countries

In the sixteenth century , Aceh holds a very important role as a transit area of commodity goods from East to West . Commodity trade of the archipelago such as nutmeg and spices from Banda Island , cloves from the Moluccas , camphor from Barus and pepper from Aceh gathered here waiting for the time to be dispatched to the outside negeni . Aceh as the most important port at that time were visited by traders from various countries .

Aceh is also known as the area 's first entrance of Islam into the archipelago . The traders from Saudi Arabia , Turkey , and India Gujarat Muslim layover in Aceh on the way they look for various commodities trade of the archipelago . Aceh is located in the international shipping lanes is the first area that they are flown in Southeast Asia . Then around the end of the XIII century in Aceh have established a great empire of the Kingdom of Pasai is not only the most important port for trade , but also as a center for the spread of Islam both to domestic and overseas .

Once the first Portuguese landed in Aceh in 1509 visited the Kingdom Pedir ( Pidie ) and Pasai to find silk . Then in 1511 the Portuguese conquered Malacca ( ​​now Malaysia ) which causes the Sultan of Aceh angry . Kingdom of Aceh then sent forces to liberate Malacca from the hands of the invaders back , but to no avail and the Kingdom of Aceh soldiers who died and was buried there . According to a reliable source Shaykh Shamsuddin Assumatrani is one of the great scholars of Acehnese were killed in a battle with the Portuguese in Malacca and his grave there.

Then in the time of Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607 - 1636) , then the Malacca can be freed from the clutches of the Portuguese and back lanes in the Malacca Strait trade re- mastered by the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam . At the time of Aceh and Turkey have established a close relationship so many weapons expert and shipping from Turkey came and settled in Aceh . Historical evidence is remaining mosques , monuments and tombstones Turks in the village Bitai ( ± 3 km from Banda Aceh ) .

On June 21, 1599 a Dutch merchant ship led by Cornelis De Houteman and his brother Frederick De Houteman landed in Aceh . However, because the Acehnese thought that their Portuguese Dutch ship was attacked and killed Cornelis De Houteman and charming Frederick De Houteman .

Furthermore, in 1602 a Dutch merchant ship another led by Gerald De Roy was sent to the province by Prince Mounsts in an effort to establish cooperative relations with the Kingdom of Aceh . The delegation was welcomed by the Sultan of Aceh and Balk signed the cooperation relationship . When Gerald De Roy returned home to the Netherlands , the Sultan sent two ambassadors to the Netherlands . One of the ambassador , Abdul Hamid ( other sources mention Abdul Zamat ) died in the Netherlands and his grave is in Middleburg , Netherlands .

In early June 1602 English merchants were sent to the province by Queen Elizabeth to establish cooperation in the field of trade . The delegation was also welcomed by the Sultan and signed cooperation relationship . This relationship terns continued until many years later .

However, because of the greed of the VOC , the Dutch declaring war on the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam and attacked him on April 14, 1873. War between the Netherlands and Aceh is the longest in the history of the world is approximately 69 years (1873 -1942 ) which has engulfed millions of lives .

In 1942 the Japanese landed in Aceh and welcomed by the people of Aceh because at that time between the Netherlands and Japan sating hostile , and hope the arrival of the Japanese people of Aceh will help drive the Dutch out of the ground in Aceh . But the fact that Japan is more virulent otherwise from the Netherlands so the Acehnese felt cheated by the Japanese and Japanese combat arms raised .

Japan were in place only 2.5 years , but much of the fighting between Aceh and Japan . Among the many wars going on, there are two battles are hard to forget because of the loss of life that is falling in Pandrah (North Aceh) and Cot Plieng (North Aceh) . Proclamation of Independence of the Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 1945 somewhat freed from the shackles of war Aceh pathetic.