Landschap / landschap (English: “native polity / landship”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Native self-governing polity (e.g., Landschap Peusangan, Simpang-Olin, Peureula’, Zuidelijke Atjehsche Landschappen) — the pre-colonial political units under their own rulers (vorsten).
Translation
native polity / landship
Description
Native self-governing polity (e.g., Landschap Peusangan, Simpang-Olin, Peureula’, Zuidelijke Atjehsche Landschappen) — the pre-colonial political units under their own rulers (vorsten).
Significance
The term Landschap / landschap 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. 193, 194, 209.