In the days of the time of Sultan Iskandar Muda Meukuta Perkasa Alam, Aceh is a country that is very rich and prosperous. According to a French explorer who arrived in Aceh in the heyday of the era, the power reaching the west coast of Aceh Minangkabau. Aceh powers also include up to Silver. Sultanate of Aceh have established relationships with the kingdoms of the West in the 16th century, including the British, Ottoman, and the Netherlands.

Aceh Sultanate involved a prolonged power struggle since the beginning of the 16th century, first by the Portuguese, and since the 18th century with the United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands. At the end of the 18th century, Aceh was forced to hand over territory in Kedah and Penang in the Malay Peninsula to the United Kingdom.

In 1824, the Anglo-Dutch agreement was signed, in which Britain handed over its territory on Sumatra to the Dutch. The British claimed that Aceh was their colony, although this is not true. In 1871, Britain allowed the Dutch to colonize Aceh, the possibility to prevent the French from gaining power in the region.


Sultanate of Aceh
Sultanate of Aceh is a continuation of the Sultanate of Samudera Pasai were destroyed in the 14th century. Sultanate of Aceh is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, with the capital Kutaraja (Banda Aceh). In the long history (1496 - 1903), Aceh has carved his past with so majestic and amazing, especially because of its ability to develop a pattern and a system of military education, commitment to the European nations against imperialism, a system of regular and systematic government, realizing the center-science assessment center, to its ability to establish diplomatic relations with other countries. Sultan of Aceh is the ruler / king of the Sultanate of Aceh, not only the sultan, in Aceh are queens (female sultan).

Degree-degree Used in the Kingdom of Aceh
* Tengku
* My Lord
* Pocut
* Teuku
* Admiral
* uleebalang
* Cut
* One of his members
* Meurah

All Things About the Kingdom of Aceh
* In
* Palace Darut Donya
* Cap Sikureung (nine stamp)
* Meuligoe
* White Elephant
* Forces Elephant


Aceh War
Aceh War began in the Netherlands declared war on Aceh on March 26, 1873 after doing some diplomatic threats, but did not win a large area. War again broke out in 1883, but again failed, and in 1892 and 1893, the Dutch believed that they had failed to seize Aceh.

Dr. Snouck Hurgronje, an expert on Islam from Leiden University have managed to gain the confidence of many Aceh leaders, and then provide advice to the Dutch that their attacks directed to the clergy, not to the sultan. This suggestion was successful. In 1898, J.B. van Heutsz expressed as the governor of Aceh, and with his lieutenant, Hendricus Colijn, seized large parts of Aceh.

Sultan M. Dawood finally to surrender to the Dutch in 1903 after two of his wife, children and his mother first captured by the Dutch. Sultanate of Aceh finally fell completely in 1904 At that time, almost all of Aceh has been seized by the Dutch.


The rise of nationalism
While during the reign of the Dutch, the Acehnese began a cooperation with other regions in Indonesia and was involved in various political and nationalist movements. Aceh were increasingly involved in the Indonesian nationalist movement. When the Volksraad (parliament) was formed, Teuku Nyak Arif was elected as the first representative of the Acehnese. (Nyak Arif was inaugurated as governor of Aceh by the first governor of Sumatra, Moehammad Hasan).

When Japan began to wage a war to expel European colonialists from Asia, figures Acehnese fighters to send messengers to the leaders of the Japanese war effort to help expel the Dutch from Aceh. Negotiations began in 1940 after several aborted landing plan, finally on February 9, 1942 Japanese forces landed in Batee Ujong, Aceh Besar. Their arrival was greeted by the leaders of the Aceh fighters and the general public. The entry of Japan into Aceh made ​​the Dutch expelled permanently from the ground in Aceh.

Initially Japan be kind and respectful to the people and leaders of Aceh, and respect for the beliefs and customs having Islamic Aceh. People did not hesitate to help and participate in the development programs of Japan. But when the situation is improving, harassment of Acehnese society, especially women started by the Japanese army personnel. Muslim Acehnese began instructed to bend towards the sun rises in the morning, a behavior that is contrary to the Islamic faith. Hence came the Acehnese people's resistance against the Japanese in the entire region of Aceh. The most famous example is the resistance led by Tengku Abdul Jalil, a scholar from the Bayu, near Lhokseumawe.

Period of the Republic of Indonesia
Since 1976, the liberation organization called the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have attempted to separate Aceh from Indonesia through military efforts. On August 15, 2005, GAM and the Indonesian government finally signed a peace agreement that ended the conflict between the two parties have been going on for nearly 30 years.

On December 26, 2004, a massive earthquake caused a tsunami that hit most of the west coast of Aceh, including Banda Aceh, and caused the death of hundreds of thousands of lives.
Post Earthquake and Tsunami of 2004, ie in 2005, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement agreed to end the conflict in Aceh. The agreement was signed in Finland, with a large role than the former high-ranking Finland, Marti Ahtisaari.