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Aceh’s Glorious Past

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

An old letter in a black frame hangs on the wall of a room in the Aceh Museum. No ordinary letter, but a letter that takes us back to a glorious period in the history of Aceh more than 400 years ago.

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THE letter opens with: “...Surat daripada Seri Sultan Perkasa Alam Johan Berdaulat, raja yang beroleh martabat kerajaan, yang dalam takhta kerajaan yang tiada terlihat oleh penglihat, yang tiada terdengar oleh pendengar, yang bermahligai gading, berukir kerawang, bersendi-bersindura, bewarna sadalinggam, yang berair emas, yang beristana sayojana menentang...”

(…Letter from Seri Sultan Perkasa Alam Johan Berdaulat, ruler of a kingdom on a

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