9 October is the date of the laying of the first stone of the Meusigit Raja of Koeta Radja on 9 October 1879 — in the presence of Governor-General Johan Willem van Lansberge, all the civil and military authorities, and many Acehnese chiefs and clergy. In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), 9 October is the book’s marker of the first stone of the Meusigit Raja.
The first stone
“The mosque, whose first stone was laid on 9 October 1879 in the presence of Governor-General Van Lansberge, all the civil and military authorities, and many Acehnese chiefs and clergy.” The first stone of the mosque — laid in the presence of Governor-General Van Lansberge, all the civil and military authorities, and many Acehnese chiefs and clergy — was set on 9 October 1879. The 9 October first stone is the book’s marker of the colonial state’s approval and cooperation in the rebuilding of the Meusigit Raja.
Significance
9 October is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as the date of the laying of the first stone of the Meusigit Raja on 9 October 1879. The book emphasizes that the ceremony took place in the presence of the highest colonial and military authorities alongside Acehnese leaders, demonstrating the colonial state’s formal endorsement of the mosque’s reconstruction. The date 9 October thus serves as the book’s marker for this act of colonial approval and cooperation.
See Also
Source
Oost-Indisch Journael: Palaver om de tafel met het gat, by Merac, Toekan-Serie no. 2, ed. G. L. Tichelman (Haarlem: De Gulden Pers, 1947), the chapter on the Meusigit Raja.