Panglima Nja Noer is a subject named in General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943) by M. H. du Croo, in connection with the history of Atjeh and the governorship of H. N. A. Swart.
Account in du Croo’s Generaal Swart (1943)
From Th. J. Veltman
The action of the marechaussée soon produced the necessary submissions. In June T. Bén’s eldest son submitted with a hundred followers and nine rifles; a few weeks later T. Bén himself gave up the resistance with two other sons and 160 men and brought another nine rifles “to the arms store of the Company.” In August all the band-heads of Tgk. Pidië came in submission at the bivouac Reusa’ — forty-seven men with fourteen firearms; in September seventy-nine more submissions with eight rifles followed, and the important Tgk. Imeum Sradeuë’ fell with four followers. In August the remainder submitted with eleven more rifles, except Panglima Nja Noer, who chose the end as a witness of the faith and fell in the Gajò Loeös in November. Towards the end of the year T. Bén brought his two last wandering sons to the administration — “and Tapa’ Toean became quiet again.” That quiet was maintained in 1909, though disturbed now and then by incursions of bands from the neighbouring Gajòland.
From The resistance in Atjeh 1908–1912
In the sub-division Tapa’ Toean, where Veltman held the administration and the command, the struggle in 1908 was chiefly against the well-known resistance leader T. Bén Blang Pidië, who kept the whole district in unrest. The action of the marechaussée soon produced the necessary reports: in June T. Bén’s eldest son submitted with a hundred followers and nine rifles; a few weeks later T. Bén himself gave up the resistance with two other sons and 160 men and brought another nine rifles to the “rustkamer der Kompeuni (“the Company (the Dutch power)”).” In August all the band-heads of Tgk. Pidië came in submission at the bivouac Reusa’ — forty-seven men, fourteen firearms; in September seventy-nine more reports with eight rifles followed, and moreover the important Tgk. Imeum Sradeuë’ fell with four followers. In August the rest also came in submission with eleven more rifles, except Panglima Nja Noer, who chose the end as a witness of the faith and consequently fell in the Gajò Loeös in November. Finally T. Bén brought his two last wandering sons to the administration towards the end of the year, “and Tapa’ Toean became quiet again.” That quiet was maintained in 1909 too, though disturbed now and then by incursions of bands from the neighbouring Gajòland.
See Also
- Th. J. Veltman
- The resistance in Atjeh 1908–1912
- H. N. A. Swart
- General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943)
- Atjeh
Source
Generaal Swart, Pacificator van Atjeh (“General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh”), by M. H. du Croo, Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with the collaboration of H. J. Schmidt, Titular Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with a foreword by His Excellency Lieutenant-General K.N.I.L. (retired) G. K. Dijkstra (Maastricht: N.V. Leiter-Nypels, 1943), passim.