Teuku Juhan is the panglima of the XXVI Mukims sagi recognised by the Achehnese court at Keumala during the Acheh war, and the son of Teuku Muda Lampaseh. He holds one side of the double panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims — the rival panglima being Teuku Nya’ Banta, who is in fact the only effective holder of the office.
The dispute that produced the double panglimaship arose during the reign of Ibrahim Manso Shah (1858–1870). When the previous holder of the panglimaship died, Teuku Muda Lampaseh was, according to the adat, the proper successor; he was duly recognised by the sultan at the Dalam. But even before he had quitted the Dalam, the firing of guns was heard from the direction of the XXVI Mukims: the people of that district, who objected to Teuku Muda Lampaseh on the ground that he was an opium-smoker, had installed a younger brother of the deceased panglima in his place. This was Teuku Chut Lamreueng, the father of Teuku Nya’ Banta (also called Teuku Lamreueng). The sultan, knowing no better way out of the difficulty, recognised the second aspirant as well, so that there were then two panglimas in the XXVI Mukims.
At the commencement of the war both chiefs fled to Keumala. Teuku Lamreueng in the end re-established himself in his territory and tendered his submission to the Dutch Government; for this he was murdered in Pidie, whither he had gone to fetch his family, by the adherents of Teuku Lampaseh. His infant son (the future Teuku Nya’ Banta) escaped the same fate through the help of a faithful servant. After the death of Teuku Muda Lampaseh, his son Teuku Juhan was appointed panglima at Keumala — that is, by the exiled Achehnese court — while the infant son of the murdered Teuku Lamreueng was recognised by the Dutch Government as Panglima of the XXVI Mukims. The journeys to Keumala undertaken by the uleebalangs who had tendered their submission to the government resulted in the recognition of Teuku Nya’ Banta by the court as well, so that the double panglimaship continued to exist formally.
In fact, however, Teuku Juhan “is not able to pose as a rival of Teuku Nya’ Banta”. The substance of the panglimaship thus resides entirely in the latter, while Teuku Juhan’s title represents the line of the dispossessed claimant kept alive by the formal recognition of the Keumala court.
See Also
- Teuku Muda Lampaseh
- Teuku Nya’ Banta
- XXVI Mukims
- Disputed succession to the panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims
- Ibrahim Manso Shah
- Keumala
- Achehnese War
Source
The Achehnese, Vol. I, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, translated by A.W.S. O’Sullivan, indexed by R.J. Wilkinson. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1906.
Teuku Juhan is the panglima of the XXVI Mukims sagi recognised by the Achehnese court at Keumala during the Acheh war, and the son of Teuku Muda Lampaseh. He holds one side of the double panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims — the rival panglima being Teuku Nya’ Banta, who is in fact the only effective holder of the office.
The dispute that produced the double panglimaship arose during the reign of Ibrahim Manso Shah (1858–1870). When the previous holder of the panglimaship died, Teuku Muda Lampaseh was, according to the adat, the proper successor; he was duly recognised by the sultan at the Dalam. But even before he had quitted the Dalam, the firing of guns was heard from the direction of the XXVI Mukims: the people of that district, who objected to Teuku Muda Lampaseh on the ground that he was an opium-smoker, had installed a younger brother of the deceased panglima in his place. This was Teuku Chut Lamreueng, the father of Teuku Nya’ Banta (also called Teuku Lamreueng). The sultan, knowing no better way out of the difficulty, recognised the second aspirant as well, so that there were then two panglimas in the XXVI Mukims.
At the commencement of the war both chiefs fled to Keumala. Teuku Lamreueng in the end re-established himself in his territory and tendered his submission to the Dutch Government; for this he was murdered in Pidie, whither he had gone to fetch his family, by the adherents of Teuku Lampaseh. His infant son (the future Teuku Nya’ Banta) escaped the same fate through the help of a faithful servant. After the death of Teuku Muda Lampaseh, his son Teuku Juhan was appointed panglima at Keumala — that is, by the exiled Achehnese court — while the infant son of the murdered Teuku Lamreueng was recognised by the Dutch Government as Panglima of the XXVI Mukims. The journeys to Keumala undertaken by the uleebalangs who had tendered their submission to the government resulted in the recognition of Teuku Nya’ Banta by the court as well, so that the double panglimaship continued to exist formally.
In fact, however, Teuku Juhan “is not able to pose as a rival of Teuku Nya’ Banta”. The substance of the panglimaship thus resides entirely in the latter, while Teuku Juhan’s title represents the line of the dispossessed claimant kept alive by the formal recognition of the Keumala court.
See Also
- Teuku Muda Lampaseh
- Teuku Nya’ Banta
- XXVI Mukims
- Disputed succession to the panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims
- Ibrahim Manso Shah
- Keumala
- Achehnese War
Source
The Achehnese, Vol. I, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, translated by A.W.S. O’Sullivan, indexed by R.J. Wilkinson. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1906.