imöm (English: “Islamic authority (in Gajo)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Religious authority in the Gajo blah, alongside the rëdjö and toeö.
Translation
Islamic authority (in Gajo)
Description
Religious authority in the Gajo blah, alongside the rëdjö and toeö.
Significance
The term imöm 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. 345.