Datoek besar (English: “Great Datoek (district head)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Title of the district head in the four districts of Singkel (Beneden-Singkel, Simpang kanan, Simpang kiri, Poelau Banjak).
Translation
Great Datoek (district head)
Description
Title of the district head in the four districts of Singkel (Beneden-Singkel, Simpang kanan, Simpang kiri, Poelau Banjak). Hereditary.
Significance
The term Datoek besar is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 336.