The history of Aceh friendship with the Dutch

The history of Aceh friendship with the Dutch

In historical records revealed that when the Dutch empire proclaimed its independence from Spain, only the kingdom of Aceh as the first country in the world to recognize her and immediately established diplomatic relations thus established an excellent bilateral relations between the two countries are very far apart the two kingdoms located itu.Meskipun the social aspects kemasyarakatnya different, but both Aceh and the Dutch royal remains to establish cooperation in the field of trade, thereby supporting the economic growth of both kingdoms tersebut.Awalnya letter Maurit Prince of Orange dynasty van Nassau holder of the reins of the kingdom of the Netherlands to the Queen abetrix now being sent to the Sultan, Alauddin Riayat Syah.Surat in Spanish which contains gentle persuasion was taken by Admiral Laurens Bicker and Gerard de Roy with four expedition vessels carrying various goods valuable time was about 660,000 guilders nilainya.Keempat expedition ships carrying goods - items to be presented to the Sultan of Aceh , Sultan Alauddin Shah Riayat it, namely Zelandia, Middelborgh, Bracke and De Langhe Sanne Zeland departing from the port on January 28, 1601.Selain bring lunch supplies 450,000 estate as well as various valuable items to be submitted to the Sultan Aceh as a symbol of friendship between the two kingdoms itu.Pange ran Maurit which is gathering the potential that exists to liberate their homeland from vendors han Spain and Portugal under King Manuel, wants to expand its relationship with various countries including Aceh and forget the bitter tragedy of the death of Cornelis de Houtman taxable Acehnese dagger konseku Wensi lack sopanannya in 1599 as he did in the waters ekpedisinya kingdom of Aceh.

Prince Maurit realize that by opening diplomatic relations with the kingdom of Aceh who master the world's busiest trade lane, the Strait of Malacca, and the territorial control of the whole island of Sumatra to Pariaman in West Sumatra and Aceh and the Netherlands could offset the dominance of the Portuguese in Malacca since this 1511.Selama Netherlands always sandwiched by the Portuguese and Spanish that can control the sea lanes since of Giblaltar ( Jabal Tariq ) mouthfeel Africa and Central - Europe meeting Samudrea the Atlantic ocean to the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Parsia, Goa, Malacca, Timor, Maluku and Therefore Philipina.Oleh diplomatic relations with the kingdom of Aceh is very important for the Dutch royal who is preparing to release themselves from imperialism me kingdom southern Europe (Portugal and Spain). voyage undertaken Netherlands ebelumnya always under threat from the Portuguese - Spanish, and if certainly caught a very severe punishment for allegedly facilitating the movements of Prince Maurit.Secara sepatisme Dutch military leaders, troops Portuguese - Spanish time very strong Titu not possible for the Netherlands to face Holland sendirian.Karenanya very important to establish diplomatic relations with the royal Aceh.Dalam voyage to Aceh, Dutch ships stop in East Africa for support of the local authorities who also had a long friendship with Aceh, as well as to trick from the pursuit of the Portuguese and Spanish as well as English who dominated the oceans of time it.After eight months mengharungi ocean often have to hide from Portuguese - Spanish fleet kepesisir islands along the voyage , then on August 25, 1601 rombingan prince Maurit shipment arrived in Aceh , and after reading the letter with caution and recorded by the secretary of the kingdom - the group was well received by the Sultan Aceh.Surat written prince Maurit in the Hague , dated December 11, 1600 shows whom there was : " to the beta is also rumored that the Portuguese had entered the war terhadp ape kingdom by order of His Majesty the King of Spain , with the aim of seizing the land and made ​​its people as slaves , as the thus it has done for over thirty years has been the land of our .. " . Kingdom of Aceh who had always hated the Portuguese , so had several times engaged in combat with him , immediately responded positively and explore the possibility could be related to the state of trade and the Netherlands . As the realization of the Sultan , Alauddin Shah paragraph Ri sends its ambassador as a diplomatic opening between the beginning of Aceh and Aceh to Belanda.Para Dutch diplomat Abdul Hamid led joint military brass kingdom of Aceh , Sri Admiral Muhammad and Mir Hasan as a delegate in the entourage of Laurens Bicker .

In his voyage in the waters near the island ST.HELENA Africa delegation meeting with Portu gis warship , the San Yago and unavoidable and the sea battle , the Portuguese ship finally be sunk so that the group could continue longer voyage , and arrived in Zeeland pad July 20, 1602 . Te but only 20 days to arrive in the Netherlands , Abdul Hamid fell ill because of the possibility of advanced age with the Dutch air so cold that the Aceh veteran diplomat died on August 10, 1602 at age 71 , and was buried in Middleborhg with kenegaran ceremony before had met the prince Maurit who were fighting the Portuguese - Spanish troops based in the remote hinterland village Grave.Selanjutnya , in September 1602 Admiral tanggal1 Sri Muhammadiyah and Mir Hasan mad prince meet Maurit and submit letters of friendship as well as other documentation like a modern-day now if the delegates met with the head of a state government must submit credentials suarat - negarany representing each officially masing.Dengan was then the kingdom of Aceh both de facto and de jure have recognized the independence of the Netherlands under the command of the Prince of Orange dynasty Maurit van Nassau . therefore Acehlah kingdom as the first country to recognize the de facto and the de jure independence of the Netherlands who stands alone until now ini.Belanda finally allowed to build a trading office in Darussalam , the capital of the kingdom of Aceh , as well as the top recommendation Netherlands could also relate well to the country seaboard countries such as India - Gujarad , Calikut , Bengal and Sri Lanka