Biografi Sultan Aceh Iskandar Muda Perkasa Alam

Sultan Iskandar Muda was the greatest sultan in the time of the Sultanate of Aceh, who ruled from 1607 to 1636. Sultan Iskandar Muda was born in Aceh, Banda Aceh in 1593 or 1590 and died in Banda Aceh, Aceh on 27 September 1636.

Sultan Iskandar Muda was great in the palace environment, when he was old enough Iskandar Muda sent his father to study at Teungku Di Bitai, one of the scholars of Baitul Mukadis expert of astronomy and hysteria. The young Iskandar studied science from him.

Furthermore, Iskandar Muda's father began receiving many famous scholars from Mecca and from Gujarat. Among them are three people who are very influential in the intellectual Iskandar Muda, namely Sheikh Abdul Khair Ibn Hajar, Sekh Muhammad Jamani from Mecca and Sekh Muhammad Djailani bin Hasan Ar-Raniry from Gujarat.

Sultan Iskandar Muda was crowned on June 29, 1606, during his presidency, Aceh achieved its glory, with its increasingly powerful region and international reputation as the center of trade and learning about Islam.

Origin

From the ancestral side of the mother, Iskandar Muda is a descendant of King Darul-Kamal, and from the ancestral side the father is descended from Raja Makota Alam's family. Darul-Kamal and Makota Alam are said to have been two neighboring settlements (which are separated by the river) and whose combination is the origin of Aceh Darussalam. Iskandar Muda alone represents the two branches, which entitled completely to the throne.

His mother, Princess Indra Bangsa, also named Paduka Shah Alam, is the son of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah, the 10th Sultan of Aceh; where this sultan is the son of Sultan Firman Syah, and Sultan Firman Shah is the son or grandchild (according to Djajadiningrat) Sultan Inayat Shah, King Darul-Kamal.

The Princess of the Indra Nation was married to a massive ceremony with Sultan Mansur Syah, son of Sultan Abdul-Jalil, where Abdul-Jalil was the son of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah al-Kahhar, the 3rd Sultan of Aceh.