Kingdom of Aceh's relations with the United Kingdom in the past

Kingdom of Aceh's relations with the United Kingdom in the past

In the 16th century , the most victorious Queen of England Elizabeth I , sent messengers named Sir James Lancester to the Kingdom of Aceh and also sent a letter aims " To Civil Servant , King Aceh Darussalam " , as well as the high value set of jewelry . Sultan of Aceh when it receives good intentions " sister " in Britain and the UK allow for berthing and trade in the territory of Aceh . Even the Sultan also sent gifts precious including pair of bracelets of rubies and a letter written on fine paper with gold ink . Sir James was awarded the title of " Rich White People " . Misra relationship between Aceh and the UK continued to the time of King James I of England and Scotland . King James sent a cannon as a gift to the Sultan of Aceh . The cannon is still maintained and is known as the King James Cannon .

Sultan of Aceh was replying to a letter from Queen Elizabeth I. Here are excerpts of the Sultan 's letter , which was kept by the British royal government , dated 1585 :

I am the mighty ruler of the Regions below the wind , who holds sway over the land of Aceh and over the land of Sumatra and over all the lands tributaries to Aceh , the which stretch from the sunrise to the sunset .

translation of the contents of the letter are : ( Hambalah the mighty ruler of Countries under the wind , which is assembled on the ground and above-ground Aceh Sumatra and over the entire area subject to the Aceh region , which stretches from horizon sunrise to sunset ) .

Intimate relationship between Aceh and the UK continued to the time of King James I of England and Scotland . King James sent a cannon as a gift to the Sultan of Aceh . The cannon is still maintained and is known as the King James Cannon

Sultan Iskandar Muda had also sent a letter to the English King James I in 1615 ago . The letter referred to as the " golden letter " was written using Arabic script Malay with Jawi . Said to have the oldest and most beautiful ornaments , even the largest most spectacular . Therefore , in addition to reaching one meter in length , yellow silk hardback original letter was written in gold ink on paper oriental types . The original letter is in the library sat Bodlian , Oxford , England .

Three quarters of the contents of this letter describe the greatness of Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636) along with the richness and breadth of his domain , the following is a translation of excerpts of letters Sultan Islandar mukadimmah Young for King James I:

" Letter instead Series Mighty Sultan Alam Johan Sovereign , the king hath royal dignity , which is the throne that has no visible sight, which is not heard by the listener , which bermahligai ivory , filigree carved , jointed - bersindura , sadalinggam colored , watery mas , which beristana sayojana against " -

Letter of Sultan Iskandar Muda became one recording form relationships romance Kingdom of Aceh and the UK in the past . And relationships like this happened long ago before Indonesia or kingdoms in the archipelago has relations with European countries . There is the difference between the relationship between Aceh and the UK and other European countries outside the kingdom of Aceh . Relationships are built by the Kingdom of Aceh with UK and European based egalitarian diplomatic relations , not as a representative in the form of colonies between the master and the colonized .

This letter became one evidence of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Aceh and the UK . Certainly not just a regular diplomatic relations , as Aceh and England had signed the Treaty of Eternal Friendship ( Perpetual Friendship Treaty ) between the United Kingdom and Aceh in the 17th century and refurbished in 1811. The contents of the agreement states that the two countries help each other obligation of the other party attacks . But Britain has betrayed the agreement when the country signed the Treaty of Sumatra ( the Sumatran Treaty ) which recognizes the efforts of the Dutch Dutch hegemony over Aceh .