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Aceh Sultanate. The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam ( Acehnese: Nanggroe Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë: اچيه دارالسلام ), was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline.
Aceh ( / ˈɑːtʃeɪ / AH-chay, Indonesian: [aˈtʃɛ (h)] ⓘ; Acehnese: Acèh [atʃeh], Jawoë: اچيه ), officially the Province of Aceh ( Indonesian: Provinsi Aceh, Acehnese: Nanggroë Acèh, Jawoë: نڠڬرواي اچيه ), is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northern end of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh ...
The Aceh War ( Indonesian: Perang Aceh ), also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873–1904), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Kingdom of the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United States in Singapore during early 1873. [8]
Salahuddin (died 25 November 1548) was the second Sultan of Aceh Darussalam, reigning from 1530 to either 1537 or 1539. He was the eldest son of Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah, the founder of the Aceh Sultanate. His reign was characterized by weakness, and he was deposed by his ambitious younger brother, Alauddin al-Kahar. [1]
Aceh was a major commercial adversary for the Portuguese, especially during the reign of Iskandar Muda, who had a well equipped arsenal of 1200 cannons and 800 swivel-guns and muskets, possibly controlling more of the spice trade than the Portuguese. The Portuguese tried to destroy the Aceh–Ottoman–Venetian trade axis for their own benefit.
The University of Malaya Medical Centre ( UMMC) ( Malay: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, abbr: PPUM ), [1] formerly known as University Hospital, is a government-funded teaching hospital and medical instructions located in Pantai Dalam, southwest corner of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was established by Statute in September 1962 and is part of ...
With an armada of 50 Galleys, [3] the Acehnese attacked Kedah, destroyed the Kota Kuala fort, [4] and began cutting down all the pepper vines, killing the cattle, and ravaging everything in their way. Kedah was no longer available for pepper production. A neighboring kingdom, the Patani Kingdom, sent a force 2,000 to assist Kedah against Aceh.
The Aceh Party was formerly known as GAM Party ( Partai GAM) after the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), a separatist group that waged a war for Aceh independence from 1976 to 2005. Many of the party's leaders were senior figures in GAM, including its chairman Muzakir Manaf, who was a former commander of GAM's military wing.