The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam, was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline. Its capital was Kutaraja, the present-day Banda Aceh.
Slave market in Aceh during the early modern period
The execution of Portuguese prisoners in Aceh, 1588.
Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II, the last Sultan of Aceh who was active in the late-19th century
A ceramic plate made by Chinese Hui Muslims found in the Aceh Sultanate in the 17th century.
Jawi is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese, Malay, Mëranaw, Minangkabau, Tausūg, and Ternate. Jawi is based on the Arabic script, consisting of all of the original 31 Arabic letters, and six additional letters constructed to fit the phonemes native to Malay, and an additional phoneme used in foreign loanwords, but not found in Classical Arabic, which are ca, nga, pa, ga, va, and nya.
Letter from William Farquhar to Sultan Muhammad Kanzul Alam, the sultan of Brunei, dated 28 November 1819.
A tombstone in Aceh with Jawi inscription dated from 16th or 17th century. The inscription are: 1st row: bahwasanya inilah nisan kubur 2nd row: yang mulia bernama Meurah Meukuta 3rd row: bergelar orang kaya kapai
A copy of Undang-Undang Melaka ('Laws of Malacca'). The Malacca system of justice as enshrined in the text was the legal source for other major regional sultanates like Johor, Perak, Brunei, Pattani and Aceh.
Street name signs in Shah Alam, Malaysia include both Jawi and Latin script.
