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A ceramic plate made by Chinese Hui Muslims found in the Aceh Sultanate in the 17th century. Aceh saw itself as heir to Pasai, the first Islamic state in Southeast Asia, and succeeded the role of Islamic missionary work of Malacca after it was conquered by the Catholic Portuguese.
Sułtanat Acehu (aceh Keurajeuën Acèh Darussalam) – sułtanat założony w XV wieku na terenie dzisiejszej Indonezji, miejscowy ośrodek handlu oraz istotne miejsce rozkwitu islamu. Od 1569 do 1903 był on objęty protektoratem Imperium Osmańskiego.
5 dni temu · In the 13th century Aceh became the first Muslim stronghold in the Indonesian archipelago. It was later visited by English explorers (in 1591) and by the Dutch. Its power reached its height in the time of Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607–36).
The Sultanate of Aceh had become a very powerful Islamic state by the middle of the 16th century, and was an ardent champion of Islam in the region, and played a significant part in Asian trade.
A ceramic plate made by Chinese Hui Muslims found in the Aceh Sultanate in the 17th century. Aceh saw itself as heir to Pasai, the first Islamic state in Southeast Asia, and succeeded the role of Islamic missionary work of Malacca after it was conquered by the Catholic Portuguese.
The Hikayat Aceh is a 17th century indigenous history of the former sultanate of Aceh, which is located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Written in Malay in the Arabic script, it chronicles and eulogizes the Acehnese Sultan Iskandar Muda (1583-1636; reigned 1607-1636; national hero of Indonesia since 1993).
In the first half of the 16th century, Ottoman involvement was limited to the western half of the Indian Ocean, but in the later 16th century, the Southeast Asian sultanate of Aceh forged an alliance with the Ottomans, which, if short-lived in practice, was to attain considerable symbolic importance in later times.
