The Witnesses Payment of Duty Danish Merchant Ship, 1734 AD

mapesa (62)in #history • 7 years ago

Rows of gravestone were "expelled" from its context, after the evacuation on the back @mapesa office at Bitai, Banda Aceh City, Sumatra

One among the new findings @mapesa is a name. The name was found sculpted on the gravestone of a collection of gravestones "expelled" from the context, who is now a the major road agency Pango Raya - Lampineung at Banda Aceh City.

On the gravestone is written the phrase "هذا نسان مجلس خان" (The Gravestone Majlis Khan), reads the sentence without adding something the other.

An archive Aceh Darussalam Kingdom stored in Copenhagen, Denmark, became advocates that the Majlis Khan is a name; may be the name rank or privilege for somebody who occupies important positions in the kingdom of Aceh Darussalam. Picture archive it following a transliteration in be publishing in a booklet issued by Museum of Aceh in 2007.

In reading 'Arabic, the word "Majlis" also means "Ahlul Majlis": the participants council. While word "khan" in Persian that means the king. Majlis Khan, literally, means: king or head of the council. But sometimes, the word majlis is also used as the title of king in mailing.

Aceh archives stored in Copenhagen and is dated 1734 AD, are proof of payment of duty charge of a Danish merchant ship at Bandar Aceh Darussalam.

In the archive of the "Majlis Nazhir Khan" referred to at the a row of name of the leader who witnessed the payment of duty Danish merchant ship. The names of other leaders included in the document are:

Syahbandar Mu'tabar Khan.
Penghulu Kerukun Raja Setia Muda.
Syahbandar Rama Setia.
Syahbandar Mu'izzul Muluk.
Penghulu Kerukun Sri Purba Khan.
Nazhir Mujahid Khan.
Nazhir Maharaja Indra Dewa.
Nazhir Maharaja Purba.
Dallal Tun Ratna Daraj.
Dallal Muhurud Daraj.

Nazhir is the person who handles the affairs regarding the wealth and oversees its spending. He is also charge of receiving all financial report and examined it carefully for subsequent approve or reject the report.

Nazhir with such terms as the treasurer. Then "Nazhir Majlis Khan" is referred to in the archive presumably the treasurer of the Majlis Khan.

Is the "Majlis Khan" is referred to in the archive is a person "Majlis Khan" found his name at that gravestone? This certainly can not be known with certainty because the gravestones is not found in any calendar, but on the typology gravestones, it can be argued that the Majlis Khan who died and is buried at Pango Raya village, Ulee Kareng, Banda Aceh City, Sumatra, living in a time in which of the the archive was made in 1734 AD.

by @keuudeip (Historian & Epigrapher) author in @mapesa
Translation of our website www.mapesaaceh.com

The evacuation process gravestone displaced from its context in Pango Raya village, Ulee Kareng, Banda Aceh City. Amongst the gravestones they contain epitaphs with the name "Khan Majlis".

The process of lowering the gravestone on the back @mapesa office at Bitai, Banda Aceh City, Sumatra

@mapesa team after the evacuation, posed happily.

Gravestone epitaph Majlis Khan (in the middle)

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