Figures, places, and events in Acehnese history associated with the year 1345 — the year of the Arab traveller Ibn Battuta’s visit to the sultanate of Pasej on the north coast of Sumatra, where he was received by Sultan Malik at-Tahir and recorded the principal Arabic-language account of the pre-Atjehnese north Sumatran sultanate.
People
- Ibn Battuta — Arab traveller from Bengal, who visited Pasej
- Sultan Malik at-Tahir of Pasej — Ibn Battuta’s host at Pasej
- P. de Roo de la Faille — modern source on Ibn Battuta’s voyage
Places
- Pasej-Samodra
- Sarha — port of Pasej, four miles from the capital Samatra
- Sjemoe-t — capital of Pasej
- Moel Djawa — kingdom whose capital was Qakola
- Bengal — Ibn Battuta’s point of embarkation
- Djaouah — Ibn Battuta’s name for Sumatra
Events
Concepts
- Bedekte taal — Ibn Battuta’s account is, in De Roo de la Faille’s reading, pervaded by it
- Wangsallan
Sources
Historische Curiositeiten uit Malajoe en Java, by P. de Roo de la Faille (Den Haag: Maart 1954), chapter “Over Sjahroe’n Noewi”, pp. 29-31.
Figures, places, and events in Acehnese history associated with the year 1345 — the year of the Arab traveller Ibn Battuta’s visit to the sultanate of Pasej on the north coast of Sumatra, where he was received by Sultan Malik at-Tahir and recorded the principal Arabic-language account of the pre-Atjehnese north Sumatran sultanate.
People
- Ibn Battuta — Arab traveller from Bengal, who visited Pasej
- Sultan Malik at-Tahir of Pasej — Ibn Battuta’s host at Pasej
- P. de Roo de la Faille — modern source on Ibn Battuta’s voyage
Places
- Pasej-Samodra
- Sarha — port of Pasej, four miles from the capital Samatra
- Sjemoe-t — capital of Pasej
- Moel Djawa — kingdom whose capital was Qakola
- Bengal — Ibn Battuta’s point of embarkation
- Djaouah — Ibn Battuta’s name for Sumatra
Events
Concepts
- Bedekte taal — Ibn Battuta’s account is, in De Roo de la Faille’s reading, pervaded by it
- Wangsallan
Sources
Historische Curiositeiten uit Malajoe en Java, by P. de Roo de la Faille (Den Haag: Maart 1954), chapter “Over Sjahroe’n Noewi”, pp. 29-31.