T. Ali van Pira’ 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 Tgk. di Barat
In June 1911 came reports of the vanished Teungkoe again: he had moved with some adherents from his hiding-places in the Gajò mountains back to the upper Keureutòë. That meant an immediate setback — “Tgk. di Barat bléé Tgk. di Barat.” The report for June recorded: “his presence in Keureutòë revealed itself at once in the defection of the former band-leader T. Ali van Pira’, son-in-law of Tgk. di Paja Bakong, with eight followers, all boys of sixteen to eighteen.” Only some six nights did the fugitives stay away before reporting themselves again; general opinion said that they had come to the Teungkoe without firearms and had been rejected by him.
From Tgk. Sjeh di Paja Bakong
The death of Tgk. Sjeh di Paja Bakong, following that of Pang Nanggròë a month earlier, brought the decisive turn in Keureutòë: in 1910 seventy-one resistance men were killed there, fifty-one taken prisoner and eighty submitted, and 1911 brought “the great improvement,” the monthly reports opening habitually with the phrase “the political situation remained favourable.” (“the political situation remained favourable”) His son-in-law T. Ali van Pira’, a former band-leader, defected with eight followers in June 1911 but reported himself again after six nights.
From The resistance in Atjeh 1908–1912
In June 1911 came news of Tgk. di Barat again, returned from the Gajòland to the upper Keureutòë; his presence at once revealed itself in the defection of the former band-head T. Ali van Pira’, son-in-law of Tgk. di Paja Bakong, with eight followers, all boys of sixteen to eighteen — who stayed away only six nights before reporting themselves again, general opinion saying they had come to the Teungkoe without firearms and been rejected. In December “the situation was favourable”: Behrens and his men were on the Teungkoe’s track.
See Also
- Tgk. di Barat
- Tgk. Sjeh di Paja Bakong
- 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.