Teuku Sandang is the cousin and banta (deputy) of the present Teuku Ne’ of Meura’sa, and is named in The Achehnese as the deputy who, together with the uleebalang Teuku Ne’ and Raja Itam (a son of a deceased Teuku Ne’), enforces the uleebalangs’ demands upon the pukat-fishermen of Ulee Lheue. The name “Sandang” is the Achehnese word properly meaning “to carry something under the arm suspended to a rope or strap passing over the shoulder”, and is also used as a male proper name; the present Teuku Sandang of Meura’sa is cited as an example of this usage.
In his account of the pukat-fishing season at Ulee Lheue (also called Olehheh), C. Snouck Hurgronje describes the heavy fiscal burden imposed on the pawang (fishing-masters) by the territorial chiefs and their deputies. The fishermen at Ulee Lheue have to deal with at least three chiefs: the uleebalang Teuku Ne’, his banta Teuku Sandang, and Raja Itam (a son of a deceased Teuku Ne’). “These three always enforce their demands for fish and punish defaulters with the ban. There are, besides, other smaller dignitaries whom the pawang cannot continually overlook without being punished in the end.”
The banta (deputy) was the regular subordinate of an uleebalang in Great Acheh, and acted in his name in the territory under his master’s jurisdiction. Where the uleebalang himself was absent or otherwise engaged, the banta took his place in the exaction of tribute and the maintenance of order. The institution of the banta was one of the principal means by which an uleebalang extended his effective reach across the gampongs of his mukim; the Teuku Sandang of Meura’sa is a typical example of the species.
The name Sandang is also of importance in the political mythology of the Achehnese people, since one of the four ancient suke’es (tribes) of Acheh — the Suke’e Ja Sandang — bore this name. That tribe, however, is distinct from the present Teuku Sandang: the latter is simply a personal name given to the cousin and banta of the Teuku Ne’ of Meura’sa, while the former is the eponymous ancestor of a suke’e from which the Kali Malikon Ade drew his origin.
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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 Sandang is the cousin and banta (deputy) of the present Teuku Ne’ of Meura’sa, and is named in The Achehnese as the deputy who, together with the uleebalang Teuku Ne’ and Raja Itam (a son of a deceased Teuku Ne’), enforces the uleebalangs’ demands upon the pukat-fishermen of Ulee Lheue. The name “Sandang” is the Achehnese word properly meaning “to carry something under the arm suspended to a rope or strap passing over the shoulder”, and is also used as a male proper name; the present Teuku Sandang of Meura’sa is cited as an example of this usage.
In his account of the pukat-fishing season at Ulee Lheue (also called Olehheh), C. Snouck Hurgronje describes the heavy fiscal burden imposed on the pawang (fishing-masters) by the territorial chiefs and their deputies. The fishermen at Ulee Lheue have to deal with at least three chiefs: the uleebalang Teuku Ne’, his banta Teuku Sandang, and Raja Itam (a son of a deceased Teuku Ne’). “These three always enforce their demands for fish and punish defaulters with the ban. There are, besides, other smaller dignitaries whom the pawang cannot continually overlook without being punished in the end.”
The banta (deputy) was the regular subordinate of an uleebalang in Great Acheh, and acted in his name in the territory under his master’s jurisdiction. Where the uleebalang himself was absent or otherwise engaged, the banta took his place in the exaction of tribute and the maintenance of order. The institution of the banta was one of the principal means by which an uleebalang extended his effective reach across the gampongs of his mukim; the Teuku Sandang of Meura’sa is a typical example of the species.
The name Sandang is also of importance in the political mythology of the Achehnese people, since one of the four ancient suke’es (tribes) of Acheh — the Suke’e Ja Sandang — bore this name. That tribe, however, is distinct from the present Teuku Sandang: the latter is simply a personal name given to the cousin and banta of the Teuku Ne’ of Meura’sa, while the former is the eponymous ancestor of a suke’e from which the Kali Malikon Ade drew his origin.
See Also
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.