karakter van den strijd (English: “character of the struggle”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Initial Dutch plan (1873): take the capital with a large force and compel the Sultan to sign a treaty.
Translation
character of the struggle
Description
Initial Dutch plan (1873): take the capital with a large force and compel the Sultan to sign a treaty. Failed. Then: Atjehners responded with persistent guerrilla resistance, sometimes by whole population, sometimes by organized bands under religious and secular leaders. ulama gained great power.
Significance
The term karakter van den strijd 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. 38.