TestimoniumAuthor Critisch Overzicht van de in Maleische Werken Vervatte Gegevens over de Geschiedenis van het Soeltanaat van Atjeh (Critical Review of Malay Works Containing Data on the History of the Sultanate of Aceh), in 1911, notes:"

TestimoniumAuthor Critisch Overzicht van de in Maleische Werken Vervatte Gegevens over de Geschiedenis van het Soeltanaat van Atjeh (Critical Review of Malay Works Containing Data on the History of the Sultanate of Aceh), in 1911, notes:"... Aceh's earliest history to the time of the ascension of Iskandar Muda (1607), the most difficult period of Aceh's history, more so because domestic sources are very different from each other and sources in the form of eyewitnesses from Europe are almost -almost no."(Source: Djajadininggrat, Raden Husein, Sultanate of Aceh (A Discussion on the History of the Aceh Sultanate Based on Materials Available in Malay Works), Language Translation: Teuku Hamid, D. I. Aceh: Department of P & K D. I. Aceh, 1982/1983)Now, more than a century, the reality as recorded by the scholar at the beginning of the 20th century, has not changed. This nation's long history seems to float away just like that!Photo: Heritage of Aceh Darussalam in Gampong Punge Blangcut, Banda Aceh.