penghoeloe si’mpat (English: “Penghoeloe si’mpat (territorial chief with secular power)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Chief of a marga in the Alaslanden, holding secular power over part of the realm; serves as one of four advisors to the keudjroeën.
Translation
Penghoeloe si’mpat (territorial chief with secular power)
Description
Chief of a marga in the Alaslanden, holding secular power over part of the realm; serves as one of four advisors to the keudjroeën.
Significance
The term penghoeloe si’mpat 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. 347.