AMPON CHIK PEUSANGAN WITHIN THE TRACING REVOLUTION IN ACEH By: Dr. Teuku Mohamad Isa
Part: 3
BECOMING THE ULEEBALANG OF PEUSANGAN
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Ampon Chik Peusangan |
While Teuku Tjhik
Sjamaun was conducting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Peusangan, Sultan
Aceh - Tuanku Muhammad Daudsjah - visited
Matang Glumpang Dua, the capital of the Peusangan region. The Sultan intended
to reaffirm Teuku Tjhik Sjamaun as the Uleebalang (leader) of Peusangan with
the title "Teuku Kejruen". The
Sultan waited for several days in Matang Glumpang Dua, but Teuku Tjhik Sjamaun
did not appear.
An envoy informed the Sultan that Teuku Tjhik Sjamaun was gravely ill in the remote jungles of the Peusangan river's upper reaches. Without delay, Sultan Aceh appointed Teuku Muhammad Djohan Alamsjah, Sjamaun’s son, as the new Uleebalang of Peusangan. The appointment was officially recorded in a royal decree known as the "Surat Tjap Sikureung", which was directly handed to the young Teuku Muhammad Djohan Alamsjah.
