Kafir (English: “Infidel (Dutch colonizer)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Term used by Acehnese for the hated Dutch colonizer; agricultural advice initially rejected as interference by the ‘gehate kafir’.

Translation

Infidel (Dutch colonizer)

Description

Term used by Acehnese for the hated Dutch colonizer; agricultural advice initially rejected as interference by the ‘gehate kafir’.

Significance

The term Kafir 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. —.