Agam (elephant) (had to be put down) was a Army elephant at Tangsé mentioned in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Male army elephant used for military transport between Tangsé and Geumpang until recent years.
Role
Army elephant at Tangsé
Dates
had to be put down
Account from Jongejans
Male army elephant used for military transport between Tangsé and Geumpang until recent years. Named ‘Agam’ (= man, in Acehnese/Malay). Became recalcitrant and dangerous, had to be put down. One of two female elephants: one given to Rotterdamsche Diergaarde, the other sold to the Soesochoenan (Susuhunan of Solo).
Significance
Agam (elephant) appears in Jongejan’s account as one of the figures shaping the history of Aceh during the period covered by the book.
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. 64.