The year 1650 was marked by the conclusion of a treaty between Tajul-alam, the “Sultane of Aceh,” and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on 15 August, opening the tin trade of Perak exclusively to Acehnese and Dutch merchants. This agreement — the Treaty of 1650 on Perak Tin — built on earlier treaties of 1641 and 1649, and effectively secured a VOC monopoly over Perak tin.
Aceh Context
The treaty was a direct consequence of the diplomatic successes of the previous years. It gave the VOC control over one of the most valuable commodities in the region, excluding Portuguese and other competitors. The year 1650 also marks the date of the atlas’s second map, which shows Aceh as a recognized independent state but closely integrated into the VOC’s trading network through treaties. The treaty demonstrates Aceh’s continued autonomy even as it conceded trade monopolies to the Dutch.
See Also
Account from Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu
End of Atjeh’s golden age. After Iskandar Moeda: brief successor reign, then a Sultana (female ruler), and three more Sultanas in the 17th century - evidence of the post-IskandarEnd of the golden age of Aceh; thereafter four female sultans ascended the throne, marking a period of deep decline.
Source: J. Jongejans, Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 28, 34, 122.
Source
Geschiedkundige Atlas van Nederland: De Archipel en het Maleische Schiereiland in 1619 – Idem in 1650 – De Compagnie buiten den Archipel in 1650, by Dr. F. W. Stapel (‘s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1928), pp. 27, 31.
The year 1650 was marked by the conclusion of a treaty between Tajul-alam, the “Sultane of Aceh,” and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on 15 August, opening the tin trade of Perak exclusively to Acehnese and Dutch merchants. This agreement — the Treaty of 1650 on Perak Tin — built on earlier treaties of 1641 and 1649, and effectively secured a VOC monopoly over Perak tin.
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. 28, 34, 122.
Aceh Context
The treaty was a direct consequence of the diplomatic successes of the previous years. It gave the VOC control over one of the most valuable commodities in the region, excluding Portuguese and other competitors. The year 1650 also marks the date of the atlas’s second map, which shows Aceh as a recognized independent state but closely integrated into the VOC’s trading network through treaties. The treaty demonstrates Aceh’s continued autonomy even as it conceded trade monopolies to the Dutch.
See Also
Source
Geschiedkundige Atlas van Nederland: De Archipel en het Maleische Schiereiland in 1619 – Idem in 1650 – De Compagnie buiten den Archipel in 1650, by Dr. F. W. Stapel (‘s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1928), pp. 27, 31.