Hof (court) of the Pretendent-Sultan at Keumala, a Royal court in exile, appears in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. After fall of Dalem, the ‘hof’ found refuge in Keumala and served as a kernel for organised resistance.
Type
Royal court in exile
Description
After fall of Dalem, the ‘hof’ found refuge in Keumala and served as a kernel for organised resistance. The Dutch government encouraged already-submitted chiefs to visit it (Keumala-tochten).
Significance
Hof (court) of the Pretendent-Sultan at Keumala is recorded by Jongejan as part of the institutional landscape 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. 360.