Tgk. di Boekét

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tagsperson, religious-leader, acehnese, resistance, achehnese, oelama, tiro, pidie, 20th-century, aceh, aceh-war, sjahid
aliasesTgk. di Beuket, Tengkoe di Boeket, Tengkoe di Boekit, Tgk. di Boekit, Tgk. Beb, Tengkoe Beb, Oom Bép

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Tgk. di Boekét was an Acehnese religious leader, the third son of Teungkoe Sjech Saman di Tiri and one of the two voornaamste Teungkoes of the Tiriō bende (with Tgk. Tjhi Majét). He was mortally wounded in the colonne Schmidt’s overval on the schuilplaats in May 1911 — escaped the assault but later died of his wounds. His death, with that of Tgk. Tjhi Majét in the same month, left only the boy Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at of the whole Tiriō bende.

The third son

“Of the four sons of Teungkoe Sjech Saman di Tiri … Tngk. Tjhi Majét and Tgk. di Boekét.” The third son of Saman di Tiri, di Boekét was one of the two voornaamste Teungkoes of the bende (with Tgk. Tjhi Majét). The eldest son had been killed at the defence of Aneu Galong in 1896; Tgk. Lambada had been killed in a gevecht with a patrouille under luitenant Darlang; Tgk. di Boekét and Tgk. Tjhi Majét lived on as the two voornaamste Teungkoes.

The overval on the schuilplaats (May 1911)

In the colonne Schmidt’s overval on the schuilplaats in May 1911, eleven vijanden were killed. Tgk. di Boekét escaped the assault but was mortally wounded. “Later kwam nog het bericht dat ook Tgk. di Boekét aan bekomen verwondingen was overleden en dat bleek juist te zijn” — later the report came that Tgk. di Boekét too had died of the wounds he had received, and the report proved true. With his death, the second of the two voornaamste Teungkoes was gone.

The disintegration of the bende

With Tgk. Tjhi Majét killed in the chase after the schuilplaats assault, and Tgk. di Boekét dead of his wounds, “slechts de jonge Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at was er over van heel de Tiri bende” — only the young Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at was left of the whole Tiriō bende. The two voornaamste Teungkoes were both gone; the boy was alone.

Significance

Tgk. di Boekét is significant in Oom Ambon van het K.N.I.L. as the third son of Teungkoe Sjech Saman di Tiri and one of the two voornaamste Teungkoes of the Tiriō bende. His death — mortally wounded in the overval on the schuilplaats in May 1911, dead of his wounds later — is the book’s marker of the disintegration of the bende’s leadership: with Tgk. Tjhi Majét killed in the chase and Tgk. di Boekét dead of his wounds, only the boy Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at was left.

The third son

“Of the four sons of Teungkoe Sjech Saman di Tiri … Tngk. Tjhi Majét and Tgk. di Boekét.” The third son of Saman di Tiri, di Boekét was one of the two voornaamste Teungkoes of the bende (with Tgk. Tjhi Majét). The eldest son had been killed at the defence of Aneu Galong in 1896; Tgk. Lambada had been killed in a gevecht with a patrouille under luitenant Darlang; Tgk. di Boekét and Tgk. Tjhi Majét lived on as the two voornaamste Teungkoes.

The overval on the schuilplaats (May 1911)

In the colonne Schmidt’s overval on the schuilplaats in May 1911, eleven vijanden were killed. Tgk. di Boekét escaped the assault but was mortally wounded. “Later kwam nog het bericht dat ook Tgk. di Boekét aan bekomen verwondingen was overleden en dat bleek juist te zijn” — later the report came that Tgk. di Boekét too had died of the wounds he had received, and the report proved true. With his death, the second of the two voornaamste Teungkoes was gone.

The disintegration of the bende

With Tgk. Tjhi Majét killed in the chase after the schuilplaats assault, and Tgk. di Boekét dead of his wounds, “slechts de jonge Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at was er over van heel de Tiri bende” — only the young Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at was left of the whole Tiriō bende. The two voornaamste Teungkoes were both gone; the boy was alone.

Significance

Tgk. di Boekét is significant in Oom Ambon van het K.N.I.L. as the third son of Teungkoe Sjech Saman di Tiri and one of the two voornaamste Teungkoes of the Tiriō bende. His death — mortally wounded in the overval on the schuilplaats in May 1911, dead of his wounds later — is the book’s marker of the disintegration of the bende’s leadership: with Tgk. Tjhi Majét killed in the chase and Tgk. di Boekét dead of his wounds, only the boy Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at was left.

Account in du Croo’s Generaal Swart (1943)

The blow of May 1910 was the first Schmidt struck in fulfilment of the special commission given him by H. N. A. Swart in December 1909; the leadership of the band thereafter passed to the sixteen-year-old Tgk. Ma’at.

Sources

Atjeh, door H.C. Zentgraff. Gedrukt bij Drukkerij “De Unie”, 1938, Batavia. OCR-filename: 20260709_002148_DLP-81-Atjeh_OCR.txt.

See Also

Source

Oom Ambon van het K.N.I.L., by G. W. T. Dames, Maj. Inf. K.N.I.L. b.d. (‘s-Gravenhage: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1954), chapter “De colonne Schmidt.”

Tgk. di Boekét was an Acehnese religious leader, the third son of Teungkoe Sjech Saman di Tiri and one of the two voornaamste Teungkoes of the Tiriō bende (with Tgk. Tjhi Majét). He was mortally wounded in the colonne Schmidt’s overval on the schuilplaats in May 1911 — escaped the assault but later died of his wounds. His death, with that of Tgk. Tjhi Majét in the same month, left only the boy Tgk. Tjhi Ma’at of the whole Tiriō bende.

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), Chapter XI.

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