heeren des lands (English: “Lords of the land”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Epithet for the oelèëbalangs of Groot-Atjeh, who consider themselves more prominent than their counterparts in the onderhoorigheden because no political contract was signed with them, only with those of the onderhoorigheden.
Translation
Lords of the land
Description
Epithet for the oelèëbalangs of Groot-Atjeh, who consider themselves more prominent than their counterparts in the onderhoorigheden because no political contract was signed with them, only with those of the onderhoorigheden.
Significance
The term heeren des lands 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. 334.