Bandar Kuala Batu [Kuala Batee, Aceh Barat Daya]
Prasasti nisan makam SHEWBUNTAR [Syahbandar?], meninggal di Kuala Batu pada 13 April 1824, dipahat dalam Bahasa Inggris yang berbunyi:
This marble points to the grave of SHEWBUNTAR who died at Quallabatto 13 April 1824. Æt 42. As he was ambitious of distinction active persevering & energetic. success followed his efforts & his dominion & reputation were widely extended. Personally brave he was cautious & calculating. In ore cultivated society, his fame would have been probably that of a great conqueror & history would have recorded it. He had imperfections as well as virtues. He was generous & open towards his friends severe & implacable towards his enemies. The traditions of his Countrymen will preserve the memory of his abilities & his conquest. Strangers will recollect the kindness of his temper & the friendliness of his conduct.
Pada Ahad, 21 Dzulqa'dah 1438 (13 Agustus 2017), Tim Pengurus Mapesa Aceh & Center for Information of Samudra Pasai Heritage (CISAH), bergerak mengadakan perjalanan dalam sebuah ekspedisi penelitian yang diberi nama dengan Ekspedisi Muhammad Ghauts Saiful 'Alam Syah (I).
Ekspedisi untuk menjajaki dan menelusuri keberadaan bandar-bandar (kota-kota pelabuhan) di pesisir barat-selatan Aceh yang tersebut dalam peta Muhammad Ghauts Saiful 'Alam Syah (Duta luar biasa dan berkuasa penuh dari pihak Almarhum Sri Paduka Sultan Manshur Syah-Rahimahullah-dalam abad ke-13 Hijriah/ke-19 Masehi), sekaligus juga untuk melacak kedudukan terakhir dari tokoh Duta tersebut sebelum wafatnya.
Tim ekspedisi dari MAPESA "MASYARAKAT PEDULI SEJARAH ACEH" Taqiyuddin Muhammad, Irfan M Nur. Dari Center for Information of Samudra Pasai Heritage Heritage: Safar Syuhada, Abel Pasai, Sukarna Putra Syamtalira
Biaya ekspedisi itu seluruhnya ditanggung oleh masyarakat melalui Pengurus Mapesa Aceh.
Foto-foto oleh @irfanmnur, Copyright © Pengurus Mapesa Aceh.
Peta Asia Tenggara yang dibuat oleh Kesultanan Aceh pada tahun 1850, yang dibubuhi tanda tangan dan cap Muhammad Ghauts Saiful 'Alam Syah, dikirim ke Sultan Utsmaniyah Abdul Majid I di Istanbul. (Baca selaengkapnya: https://www.mapesaaceh.com/2018/04/peta-dunia-islam-di-asia-tenggara-1850.html).
Pengurus Mapesa Aceh & CISAH, berencana akan mengadakan ekpedisi II, untuk menjajaki dan menelusuri pesisir barat Sumatra hingga Minangkabau.
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