Teuku Nya’ Banta (also called Teuku Lamreueng) is the hereditary panglima sagi of the XXVI Mukims, and the effective holder of that office against the rival claimant Teuku Juhan. His panglimaship originated in the disputed succession of the 1858–1870 period, and was confirmed both by the Dutch Government and (subsequently) by the Achehnese court at Keumala.
Teuku Nya’ Banta is the son of Teuku Chut Lamreueng, who was the rival of Teuku Muda Lampaseh in the succession dispute. When the previous panglima of the XXVI Mukims died during the reign of Ibrahim Manso Shah (1858–1870), Teuku Muda Lampaseh was, according to the adat, the proper successor, and was recognised as such by the sultan. Yet even before Lampaseh had quitted the Dalam, the people of the XXVI Mukims — objecting to him as an opium-smoker — had installed the younger Teuku Chut Lamreueng in his place. The sultan, knowing no better way out of the difficulty, recognised both candidates, creating the double panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims that has continued to exist down to the present.
At the commencement of the Acheh 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 Muda Lampaseh. His infant son — the future Teuku Nya’ Banta — escaped the same fate through the help of a faithful servant. The boy was afterwards recognised by the Dutch Government as Panglima of the XXVI Mukims. After the death of Teuku Muda Lampaseh, the latter’s son Teuku Juhan was appointed panglima at Keumala by the exiled Achehnese court. 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 in form.
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 with Teuku Nya’ Banta, while Teuku Juhan’s title represents the line of the dispossessed claimant kept alive by the formal recognition of the Keumala court. Both Teuku Nya’ Banta and his father bore the title banta (deputy), since they had both held this rank during the panglimaship of their predecessor.
See Also
- Teuku Muda Lampaseh
- Teuku Juhan
- XXVI Mukims
- Disputed succession to the panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims
- Ibrahim Manso Shah
- Achehnese War
- Keumala
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 Nya’ Banta (also called Teuku Lamreueng) is the hereditary panglima sagi of the XXVI Mukims, and the effective holder of that office against the rival claimant Teuku Juhan. His panglimaship originated in the disputed succession of the 1858–1870 period, and was confirmed both by the Dutch Government and (subsequently) by the Achehnese court at Keumala.
Teuku Nya’ Banta is the son of Teuku Chut Lamreueng, who was the rival of Teuku Muda Lampaseh in the succession dispute. When the previous panglima of the XXVI Mukims died during the reign of Ibrahim Manso Shah (1858–1870), Teuku Muda Lampaseh was, according to the adat, the proper successor, and was recognised as such by the sultan. Yet even before Lampaseh had quitted the Dalam, the people of the XXVI Mukims — objecting to him as an opium-smoker — had installed the younger Teuku Chut Lamreueng in his place. The sultan, knowing no better way out of the difficulty, recognised both candidates, creating the double panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims that has continued to exist down to the present.
At the commencement of the Acheh 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 Muda Lampaseh. His infant son — the future Teuku Nya’ Banta — escaped the same fate through the help of a faithful servant. The boy was afterwards recognised by the Dutch Government as Panglima of the XXVI Mukims. After the death of Teuku Muda Lampaseh, the latter’s son Teuku Juhan was appointed panglima at Keumala by the exiled Achehnese court. 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 in form.
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 with Teuku Nya’ Banta, while Teuku Juhan’s title represents the line of the dispossessed claimant kept alive by the formal recognition of the Keumala court. Both Teuku Nya’ Banta and his father bore the title banta (deputy), since they had both held this rank during the panglimaship of their predecessor.
See Also
- Teuku Muda Lampaseh
- Teuku Juhan
- XXVI Mukims
- Disputed succession to the panglimaship of the XXVI Mukims
- Ibrahim Manso Shah
- Achehnese War
- Keumala
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.