The Blood of the People: Revolution and the End of Traditional Rule in Northern Sumatra

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Plate 1 Th e Dutch Conquest. Benteng Kuto Reh in the Alas area, captured by Dutchoffi cered Indonesian troops under Van Daalen in June 1904. Five hundred and sixtyone people perished in its defence, including one hundred and eighty-nine women and fi fty-nine children. 05 plates(16pp).indd 1 2/26/14 5:10:28 PM Plate 2A Jimat, or amulet of invulnerability, belonging first to Teungku Chik Saman di Tiro, and then to another famous ulama leader of resistance in Aceh, Teungku di Cut Plieëng. It contains a caterpillar of stone, a bullet, and most importantly a ranté bui (boar chain), a magical stone said to have been carried in the mouth or nose of an invulnerable wild boar. The amulet was captured by the Dutch in 1904 and deposited in the Koloniaal Museum in Amsterdam. Plate 2B Military vigilance. The bivouac or guardpost of the Dutch-officered maréchaussée in Tangsé, during the 1930s. 05 plates(16pp).indd 2 2/26/14 5:10:30 PM Plate 3B Polarization in Aceh. A cartoon in Penjedar during 1939, showing isolated ulèëbalang as the obstacle to the people’s demand for an Atjeh raad, or Council for Aceh. Plate 3A The lavish house in traditional style of Teuku Oemar, ulèëbalang of Keumangan, in the 1920s. 05 plates(16pp).indd 3 2/26/14 5:10:33 PM Plate 4B The tobacco establishment. This was the experimental station of the Deli Planters Association (DPV) in Medan. Plate 4A Chinese contract labourer with his tobacco field and a drying shed in Deli. (KITLV) 05 plates(16pp).indd 4 2/26/14 5:10:36 PM Plate 5A Welcoming party for the Sultan of Deli on his return from a tour abroad, about 1900. (KITLV) Plate 5B Reception hall of the Sultan of Deli’s Istana Maimun. (KITLV) 05 plates(16pp).indd 5 2/26/14 5:10:39 PM Plate 6B Indonesian Pride. Leading Indonesian journalists of Medan entertain M.H. Thamrin (stocky figure, centre, holding newspaper), the leading nationalist in the Volksraad, during his visit to Medan in December 1939. Mohammad Said(t) is the tall figure in the front row, fifth from left. Adinegoro is on his left; Hamka immediately above these two. (Pandji Islam) Plate 6A Dutch Pride. Teachers and students of the Senior High School (HBS) of Medan bicycle through Medan’s main street (Kesawan) to celebrate the birth of Princess Irene in August 1939. (Penjedar) 05 plates(16pp).indd 6 2/26/14 5:10:42 PM Plate 7A Sultan Machmoed of Langkat (1927‒46). Plate 7B Sultan Amaloedin Sani Perkasa Alamsjah of Deli (1924‒45), with his son and successor, Otteman (centre), and his favourite son, Amiroeddin (right), in the 1930s. 05 plates(16pp).indd 7 2/26/14 5:10:50 PM Plate 8C A pre-war picture of Dr M. Amir, psychiatrist and writer. Plate 8A Abdoel Hamid Loebis, the “little bull” (banteng kecil) of PARTINDO in East Sumatra. This picture was taken after his exile to Digul in 1933. (Pandji Islam) Plate 8B H.A.R. Sjihab, leader of the Jamiatul Wasliyah from 1933 until his death in 1954. 05 plates(16pp).indd 8 2/26/14 5:10:55 PM Plate 9C Bapak Aceh—Masubuchi Sahei. (Atjeh Sinbun) Plate 9A Major Fujiwara Iwaichi, in his primary role as contact with the Indian Independence League. He is greeting N. Raghavan in Tokyo in April 1942. (Fujiwara Iwaichi) Plate 9B Monument erected in 1943 to the three Acehnese killed at the Keumiroë bridge at the beginning of the anti-Dutch uprising—24 February 1942. (Atjeh Sinbun) 05 plates(16pp).indd 9 2/26/14 5:10:59 PM Plate 10 (Left to right) Teuku Njak Arif, Aceh chokan Iino, Teungku M. Daud Beureu’eh, at a Kutaraja reception in 1944. (Atjeh Sinbun) Plate 11A “Hasan Dik”—Teuku Mohammad Hasan of Glumpang Payung (seated, left) with the editor of the Islamic weekly Pandji Islam, Z.A. Ahmad, and other Medan journalists in 1940. (Pandji Islam) 05 plates(16pp).indd 10 2/26/14 5:11:02 PM Plate 11C...