Aceh's relationship with the Dutch royal and the French royal

Aceh's relationship with the Dutch royal

Prince Maurits - Oranje - founder of the dynasty also had sent a letter with the intention of seeking the help of the Sultanate of Aceh Darussalam. Sultan welcomed their good intentions by sending envoys to the Dutch group. The delegation was led by Tuanku Abdul Hamid. The delegation is what is known as the first Indonesian to stop in the Netherlands. During his visit Tuanku Abdul Hamid ill and eventually died. He was buried on a large scale in the Netherlands, attended by the magistrates Netherlands. However, because the Dutch have never bury a Muslim, then he was buried by way of Christianity in the yard of a church. Now in his tomb there is an inscription which was inaugurated by the late HRH Prince Bernhard of the late husband of Queen Juliana and father of Queen Beatrix Majesty.

Aceh's relationship with the French royal

Aceh also received a royal envoy visits the Kingdom of France. Envoy of the King of France was originally intended to award a mirror that is very valuable to the Sultan of Aceh. But in the course of the broken mirror. Finally they present fragments of the mirror as a gift to the emperor. In his book, Danis Lombard said that the Sultan Iskandar Muda very fond of valuable objects. At that time, the kingdom of Aceh is the only Malay kingdom that has Balee Ceureumeen or Glass Hall in the palace. According to the French envoy , the Aceh Sultanate Palace extent of not less than two kilometers. The palace named the Palace In Darud Donya ( now Meuligo Aceh, the residence of the Governor ). In it includes fictional Medan and Medan Khaerani that can accommodate 300 troops elephant 's tail. Sultan Iskandar Muda also ordered to move Krueng Aceh River basin to drain his palace ( the river can still be seen up to now, flowing quiet around Meuligoe ). That's where the sultan often swim while entertaining the guests him.