Verandah of Mecca

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The "Verandah of Mecca" is a historical epithet for Aceh, a region at the northern tip of Sumatra renowned as an early center of Islamic learning and gateway for Islam’s spread in Southeast Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Veranda of Mecca 2
Verandah of Mecca canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical epithet
appliedBecauseOf Aceh’s early adoption of Islam
Aceh’s role as a pilgrimage and study stopover for Muslims traveling to Mecca
appliesTo Aceh
surface form: Aceh region

northern tip of Sumatra
associatedWithCity Mecca
associatedWithPolity Aceh Sultanate
surface form: Sultanate of Aceh
associatedWithReligion Islam
culturalSignificance symbol of Aceh’s Islamic scholarship
symbol of Aceh’s role in Islamization of the Malay world
describes Aceh’s historical connections with the Islamic world
Aceh’s strong Islamic identity
equivalentExpression Serambi Mekkah
equivalentExpressionLanguage Acehnese
Indonesian
hasReputationAs early center of Islamic learning in Southeast Asia
hasRole gateway for the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia
historicalContext Islamization of the Malay Archipelago
spread of Islam through Indian Ocean trade routes
languageOfOrigin English
linkedTo Islamic boarding schools in Aceh
Islamic education in Aceh
ulama networks in Aceh
locatedIn Indonesia
Sumatra
refersTo Aceh
regionTypeDescribed Islamic region in Southeast Asia
timePeriodOfProminence 16th century
17th century
usedSince early Islamic period in Southeast Asia

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Acehnese historicalTitleOfRegion Verandah of Mecca
Aceh nickname Verandah of Mecca
this entity surface form: Veranda of Mecca
Banda Aceh hasNickname Verandah of Mecca
this entity surface form: Veranda of Mecca