stad / hoofdstad met een vorst (English: “city / capital with a prince”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. New form of societal organization that came with Hindu contact: a ‘city’ centered on a vorst’s fortified residence, with market and trade quarter, drawing surrounding population.
Translation
city / capital with a prince
Description
New form of societal organization that came with Hindu contact: a ‘city’ centered on a vorst’s fortified residence, with market and trade quarter, drawing surrounding population. The first transition to a different organization and social structure.
Significance
The term stad / hoofdstad met een vorst 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. 24, 25.