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The dream of the king and the holy war against the Dutch: The kôteubah of the Acehnese epic, Hikayat Prang Gômpeuni
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2009
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When the Aceh War finally broke out in 1873 it did not come as a surprise to most contemporaries. In colonial historiography Aceh, a ‘nest of pirates’, according to the Dutch, had obviously precipitated the war by its ‘treason’ in turning to Turkey, America and other foreign powers for support against the Dutch. The discussions with the American consul in Singapore early in 1873 on a possible Acehnese-American treaty constituted a casus belli in the eyes of the Dutch.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 298 - 308
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- Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1998
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