Malahayati is a warlord from Aceh. He led a women's squad that was the widows of the Acehnese soldiers killed in the war in the Malacca Strait.
Dream - The woman shouted out from the boat. His voice clasped with a shiver. Assertive. Commanded the women's troops in the war zone.
That is a story about Keumala Hayati. The warlord of the Kingdom of Aceh. He is the first Muslim in the archipelago and even the world who became admiral in modern day shipping. When most of the people of this country have not thought about emancipation, he has broken the newly discussed gender boundaries.
Six centuries ago, this woman also called Malahayati led a thousand more women. They were widows of the Acehnese kingdom soldiers who died in battle against the Portuguese in the Gulf of Haru aka the Strait of Malacca.
In the body of Malahayati is indeed the blood of knights. His father was Admiral Mahmud Shah, commander of the Kingdom of Aceh. His grandfather, Muhammad Said Shah, was also a prominent admiral.
His great-grandfather, Sultan Salahuddin Syah, led Aceh in 1530-1539. Sultan Salahuddin is the son of Sultan Ibrahim Ali Mughayat Syah, the founder of the kingdom of Aceh Darussalam.
Malahayati received a military education after the pesantren. He entered the naval department of the military academy of the Kingdom of Aceh, Ma'had Baitul Makdis. The famous military academy of the Aceh Kingdom built on the support of Sultan Selim II, the Ottoman Turki ruler.
Malahayati, First Muslim Admiral Rencong Aceh Land.
At the military academy, Malahayati grew up as a brilliant figure. There she met the older brother of the generation who later became her husband. Graduated from the academy, Malahayati was appointed Commander of the Protocol of the Darud-World Palace of the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam. The husband becomes admiral.
But unfortunately, her husband died at the Straits of Malacca against the Portuguese. After her husband's death, Malahayati appealed to Sultan al-Mukammil, the reigning king of Aceh from 1596-1604, to form a war fleet. The soldiers are widows of Acehnese warriors who died in the fighting in the Malacca Strait.
Tit for tat. At that time the kingdom of Aceh was indeed improving security due to Portuguese interference. The proposal to form a fleet was granted, Malahayati was appointed Commander of Inada Balee or Female Widower Fleet.
The troops are based in Lamreh Kraung Raya Bay. Fort Kuto Inong Balee with a height of about three meters was built. Complete with a cannon. The remains of the fortress can now be seen in Aceh.
Not only arrange defense on land. The Inong Balee army has more than one hundred warships. The army, which was originally only a thousand, grew to a maximum of two thousand. The foreign fleet passing through the Strait of Malacca was also frightened.
On June 21, 1599, the Dutch expedition troops who had just fought with the Sultanate of Banten arrived in Aceh. The entourage led by Cornelis and Frederick de Houtman was welcomed. But the foreign fleet even invaded the port of Aceh.
The kingdom of Aceh fought back. Laskar Inong Balee led by Malahayati to be the front wall. The widow's troop was very tough. The Dutch fleet was crushed. Even on September 11, de Houtman was killed at the hands of Malahayati. Frederick de Houtman was held captive for two years.
Undeterred, the Dutch sent troops on 21 November 1600. This time under the command of Paul van Caerden. They looted and drowned ships full of spices on the coast of Aceh.
In June of the following year, Malahayati succeeded in capturing the Dutch Admiral Jacob van Neck, who was sailing on the coast of Aceh. After various incidents, the Netherlands sent a diplomatic letter and apologized to the Aceh Sultanate through the envoy Maurits van Oranjesent.
Not only as an admiral, Malahayati was also the figure of a master negotiator. In August 1601, Malahayati led Aceh to negotiate with two envoys Maurits van Oranjesent, Admiral Laurens Bicker and Gerard de Roy. They agreed to a truce. The Dutch also had to pay 50 thousand guilders as van Caerden's invasion compensation.
Malahayati's lunge came to the ears of Queen Elizabeth, the ruler of England. So the giant country chose a peaceful way when going through the Strait of Malacca. In June 1602, Queen Elizabeth chose to send James Lancaster to send a letter to the Sultan of Aceh to open a cruise line to Java.
Malahayati is said to still lead the Aceh forces against the Portuguese fleet under Alfonso de Castro which invaded Kreung Raya Aceh in June 1606. A number of historical sources mention Malahayati's death in the battle against the Portuguese. He was then buried on the slopes of Bukit Kota Dalam, a fishing village located 34 kilometers from Banda Aceh.
Malahayati is legendary. His name is currently used for roads, hospitals, universities on the island of Sumatra, to the military warship Angakatan