Aceh Sultanate

E159529

Islamic state historical polity maritime kingdom sultanate

The Aceh Sultanate was a powerful Islamic maritime kingdom in northern Sumatra that became a major regional trading and religious center in the 16th–17th centuries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Aceh Sultanate canonical	13
Sultanate of Aceh	6
Acehnese aristocracy	1
Samudera-Pasai Sultanate	1
historical Aceh Sultanate	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic state ⓘ historical polity ⓘ maritime kingdom ⓘ sultanate ⓘ
capital	Banda Aceh ⓘ
conflictedWith	Portuguese Empire ⓘ Johor Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Sultanate of Johor Malacca Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Sultanate of Malacca
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturalSphere	Malay world ⓘ
currencyType	gold coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
emergedAsMajorPowerInCentury	16th century ⓘ
exportedTo	Europe ⓘ India ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ sultanate ⓘ
hadAllianceWith	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hadInstitution	Islamic madrasas ⓘ ulama councils ⓘ
importantCommodity	camphor ⓘ gold ⓘ pepper ⓘ spices ⓘ
knownFor	Islamic scholarship ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ military strength ⓘ pepper trade ⓘ resistance to European colonial powers ⓘ
language	Acehnese ⓘ Malay ⓘ
legitimacyBasis	Islamic law (sharia) ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Sumatra ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Indonesia ⓘ
majorPort	Banda Aceh ⓘ
region	Strait of Malacca ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousRole	center of Islamic learning in Southeast Asia ⓘ disseminator of Islam in the Malay world ⓘ
religiousSchool	Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam
scriptUsed	Arabic script ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of access to the Strait of Malacca ⓘ
tradedWith	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Dutch Republic ⓘ Gujarat ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malacca Sultanate → successorState → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Johor Sultanate → tradingPartner → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Johor Sultanate → conflict → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Acehnese → hasHistoricalPolity → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Acehnese → historicalReligionCenter → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Aceh War → belligerent → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Aceh

Aceh → formerPolity → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Aceh

Malay sultanates → included → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Alam Melayu → historicallyLinkedTo → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Pasai Sultanate → alsoKnownAs → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samudera-Pasai Sultanate

Pasai Sultanate → conqueredBy → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Pasai Sultanate → neighboringState → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Sultanate of Pahang → diplomaticRelationsWith → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Alauddin Riayat Shah II → opponent → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Sultanates → notableExample → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Aceh

Verandah of Mecca → associatedWithPolity → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Aceh

First Aceh Expedition → belligerent → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Aceh

Teuku Umar → placeOfBirth → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Teuku Umar → partOf → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acehnese aristocracy

Second Aceh Expedition → belligerent → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Aceh

Acehnese people → historicalState → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

Coat of arms of Aceh → symbolizes → Aceh Sultanate ⓘ

this entity surface form: historical Aceh Sultanate