Daja was the landschap on the west coast of Atjeh, formerly H. N. A. Swart’s own patrol district, in which the band of Nja’ Ali operated in 1914.
In 1902 Swart, as gezaghebber in Lho’ Kroeët and Daja, was forbidden by Van Daalen to travel without military escort, a prohibition van Heutsz overruled. In 1914 the murder of W. van Kregten at Lam No on 20 May set off the resistance in Daja and Lhong; the united bands of Nja’ Ali and Nja’ Asém were destroyed by lieutenant Snell at the holy grave near the mouth of the Daja-rivier on 5 August 1914. The flare-up of resistance in the Daja districts was one of the three heavy blows du Croo names as having tested Swart’s composure.
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Account from Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu
Kingdom on the Westkust near Atjeh. Conquered by Sultan Ali Moegajat Sjah first (to cover his rear), before his conquests of the Noord- and Oostkust.
Source: J. Jongejans, Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 26.
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), Chapter IX, X, XII.
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 26.