T. Moeda Mat Sa’it 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 Seunagan
In March 1909 Waki Him committed “an old-fashioned klewang charge” in Seunagan which cost the Dutch eleven wounded but brought Waki Him and three of his men their end as sjahid; in April the submission of all the pangs and band members of T. Moeda Mat Sa’it followed in Seunagan, Tadoe and Tripa. In October 1910 lieutenant S. van Eendenburg was killed near Keudé Blang Bajoe in Seunagan by the band-head Pang Timoe. On 29 December 1917 young Acehnese of Seunagan attacked lieutenant Gosenson at Djeuram. In 1926 the great Teukoe Keumangan of Seunagan told du Croo that an oelèëbalang who betrayed T. Radja Tampo’ “could not remain a territorial chief in Seunagan”.
From Tripa
In March 1909, after T. Moeda Mat Sa’it fell with his men on the upper Tripa, the submission in Seunagan, Tadoe and Tripa of all his pangs and band members followed. In March 1914 T. Radja Tampo’ levied tribute on inhabitants of Tadoe and Tripa, set fire to a couple of padi barns and disappeared again. He was still wandering there in 1939.
From Tadoe
After T. Moeda Mat Sa’it fell on the upper Tripa in March 1909, the submission in Seunagan, Tadoe and Tripa of all his pangs and band members followed. In October 1910 a notorious band-head from Tadoe came in submission with sixty-nine men and six blunderbusses — “they were no longer well supplied with rifles.” In March 1914 T. Radja Tampo’ levied tribute on inhabitants of Tadoe and Tripa.
See Also
- Seunagan
- Tripa
- Tadoe
- 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.