Sultanate of Aceh
| Aceh Sultanate Keurajeuën Acèh Darussalam كاورجاون اچيه دارالسلام |
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| Protectorate of the Ottoman Empire (1569–1903) | ||||||||||
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 Extent of Aceh Sultanate during the reign of Iskandar Muda, 1608–1637.
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| Capital | Kutaraja, Bandar Aceh Darussalam (modern Banda Aceh) | |||||||||
| Languages | Acehnese, Malay, Arabic | |||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
| Sultan | ||||||||||
| • | 1496–1528 | Ali Mughayat Syah | ||||||||
| • | 1875–1903 | Muhammad Daud Syah | ||||||||
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| • | Coronation of the first Sultan | 1496 | ||||||||
| • | Aceh War | 1903 | ||||||||
| Currency | Native gold and silver coins | |||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Indonesia Malaysia
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The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam (Acehnese: Keurajeuën Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë: كاورجاون اچيه دارالسلام), was a Sultanate centred in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline. Its capital was Kutaraja, the present-day Banda Aceh.
At its peak it was a formidable enemy of the Sultanate of Johor and Portuguese-controlled Malacca, both on the Malayan Peninsula, as all three attempted to control the trade through the Strait of Malacca and the regional exports of pepper and tin with fluctuating success. In addition to its considerable military strength, the court of Aceh became a noted centre of Islamic scholarship and trade.
Aceh's early history is unclear, but in one version it was founded by the Cham people. The Acehnese language is one of the 10 languages of the Aceh-Chamic language group. According to the Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals), the Champa king Syah Pau Kubah had a son Syah Pau Ling who escaped when the capital Vijaya was sacked by the Vietnamese Lê dynasty in 1471, and who later founded the Aceh kingdom.
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