Aceh War
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The Aceh War, was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Kingdom of the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United States i
Drawing of the Battle of Samalanga in Aceh
Malay soldiers under the Dutch command in Sumatra.
Capture of Fort Kuta Reh in Alasland on 14 June 1904, caused several hundred casualties to indigenous people, photo by H.M. Neeb.
A Dutch military patrol on break during the Aceh War, photo by H.M. Neeb
Alauddin Mahmud Syah II
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Sultan Alauddin Mahmud Syah II was the thirty-fourth sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra. He reigned from 1870 to 1874 and was the last sultan to rule Aceh before the colonial invasion.
Aceh War
…killed thousands on both sides, the Dutch losing 150 every month while besieged in Banda Aceh. By January 1874, deteriorating conditions forced Sultan Mahmud Syah and his followers to abandon Banda Aceh and retreat to the interior. Meanwhile, Dutch forces occupied the capital and captured the symbolically important…
The tomb of Sultan Mahmud Syah II in Sama Hani, Aceh Besar Regency