Si Seuna 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 Nja’ Ali
The easiest way to play his own judge was to gather about him a band of men who likewise had grievances against the administration or their chiefs. He found them in Tgk. Machmoed van Lam No, a former teungkoe-meunasah who had quarrelled with his oelèëbalang over his share in the zakat; in Si Seuna, whose wife had shortly before been unlawfully taken from him by the same oelèëbalang; and in Pang Abaih, a former band-head “for whom the life of the jungle still evidently held a certain attraction.” The four gathered some youths, also kaom-fellows, about them.
From Resistance in Daja and Lhong (1914)
“Taking the Acehnese national character into account, he now needed to let nothing restrain him from playing his own judge. Dat zou het gemakkelijkst kunnen geschieden door om zich een bende te verzamelen van lieden, die eveneens grieven tegen het bestuur of hun hoofden hadden. Die vond hij in Tgk. Machmoed van Lam No, een vroegeren teungkoe-meunasah, die met zijn oelèëbalang (“territorial chief”) in onmin was geraakt over zijn aandeel in de zakat (godsdienstige belasting), en Si Seuna, wien kort tevoren door denzelfden oelèëbalang onwettig zijn vrouw ontnomen was. Als vierde sloot zich aan Pang Abaih, een gewezen bendehoofd (“band-leader”), for whom the life of the jungle still evidently held a certain attraction. Dit viertal wist eenige jongelingen, ook kaomgenooten (stamverwanten), om zich heen te verzamelen.”
See Also
- Nja’ Ali
- Resistance in Daja and Lhong (1914)
- 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.