Sultan Alaid-din (circa 1600) was a Sultan of Aceh (~1600) mentioned in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Sultan under whom the golden coinage of Aceh was already in use; golden mint pieces known from his time.
Role
Dates
circa 1600
Account from Jongejans
Sultan under whom the golden coinage of Aceh was already in use; golden mint pieces known from his time. Indicates that gold-winning and metal currency tradition in Aceh predated 1600.
Significance
Sultan Alaid-din 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. —.