Polém lineage (geslacht der Poléms), a Royal-rival noble lineage, appears in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Lineage of Panglima Polém, equalled the Sultans in power and prestige.
Type
Royal-rival noble lineage
Description
Lineage of Panglima Polém, equalled the Sultans in power and prestige. Several times besieged Sultans in their Dalem, drove them out, and proclaimed new Sultans more compliant to them.
Significance
Polém lineage (geslacht der Poléms) 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. 357.