The story that is closely tied to a strong unity of faith, that is the relationship between Aceh Darussalam and the Islamic Caliphate of Turkey Ustmaniyah. It is an Ottoman file containing the petition of Sultan Alaiddin Riayat Shah to Sultan Sulayman Al-Qanuni, who was brought by Huseyn Effendi, proving that Aceh recognizes the Ottoman rulers in Turkey as the Islamic Caliphate.
The document also contains reports of Portuguese cross fleets that often harass and pirate Muslim merchant vessels sailing on the Turkish-Aceh shipping lanes and vice versa. Portuguese also often confront the pilgrims from Aceh and surrounding areas who want to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Therefore, Aceh urged the Ottoman Turk to send its war fleet to secure the voyage from the disruption of the infidel fleet.
Sultan Sulayman Al-Qanuni died in 1566 AD replaced Sultan Selim II who immediately ordered his war fleet to conduct military expedition to Aceh. Around September 1567 AD, by the Turkish Admiral in Suez, Kurtoglu Hizir Reis, was ordered to sail to Aceh carrying a number of expert fire-rifles, soldiers, and artillery equipment.
This troop by the Sultan was ordered to be in Aceh as long as it was still needed by the Sultan of Aceh. Despite departing in large numbers, arriving in Aceh only partially, because on the way, some Turkish fleets were diverted to Yemen to quell the insurgency that ended in 1571 AD
While in Aceh, the presence of the Turkish fleet was greeted lively. By the Sultan of Aceh awarded Admiral Kurtoglu Hizir Reis as governor (guardian) of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, the official envoy of Sultan Selim II stationed in the region. The Turkish army arrived in Aceh in waves (1564-1577) totaling about 500 people, but all were martial arts experts and used weapons, such as firearms, snipers, and mechanics. With the help of the Turkish army, the Aceh Sultanate attacked the Portuguese in its center of Malacca.
After the victory was obtained, in order to be safe from the intrusion of the pirates then Turkey Ustmani also allowed Acehnese ships to fly the Ottoman Turkish flag on his ship. The Turkish Admiral for the Red Sea region, Selman Reis, carefully monitors every movement of the Portuguese war fleet in the Indian Ocean. The results of his monitoring was reported Selman to the central government of the Caliphate in Istanbul, Turkey.
One of the reports quoted by Saleh Obazan as follows:
"The Portuguese also controlled the port (Pasai) on a large island called Shamatirah (Sumatra). It says they have 200 infidels there (Pasai). With 200 unbelievers, they also controlled the Malacca projection facing Sumatra.
Therefore, when our ships are ready and, in God, moving against them, their total destruction will be inevitable, for a fortress can not support another, and they can not form a united resistance. "
But the Portuguese remained arrogant. The Portuguese King Emanuel I arrogantly said, "The real purpose of the search for the way of the sea to India is to spread Christianity, and to seize the wealth of the Orient." It's all about the Crusades.
While a messenger named Huseyn Effendi who is fluent in Arabic. He came to Turkey after performing the pilgrimage. In June 1562 AD, the Aceh envoy arrived in Istanbul to ask for Ottoman military help to drive the Portuguese. On the way, Huseyn Effendi had confronted the Portuguese fleet. After his escape, he arrived in Istanbul, which immediately sent the necessary reinforcements, to support the Aceh Sultanate to raise his izzah so as to free Aru and Johor in 1564 AD
In the wars of the sea, the war fleet of the Sultanate of Aceh consists of small warships capable of moving swiftly and also large ships. Ships ranging from 500 to 2000 tons. While large ships from Turkey equipped with guns and other weapons used in Aceh to attack invaders from Europe who want to rob Muslim regions throughout the archipelago. Aceh actually emerged as a great maritime force and very feared by the Portuguese in the archipelago because of the full assistance of the Ottoman Turkish war fleet with all its war equipment.
Then during the time of Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636 AD), where the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam reached a time of glory, also once sent a small fleet of three ships, to Istanbul. The group arrived in Istanbul after sailing for 12 years and half past the Cape of Good Hope. When the mission returned to Aceh.
The twelve military experts were honorably received and honored as the heroes of the Islamic Kingdom of Aceh. They are not only experts in weapons, tactics, and military strategy, but also clever in the field of building construction so they can help Sultan Iskandar Muda in building a tough fort in Bandar Aceh (Kuta Radja) and the Sultanate palace. The Aceh Sultanate had the privilege of raising the Ottoman Turkish flag on its ships as a sign of their close relationship. Also the impact of the Ottoman Caliphate's success in blocking the Portuguese Cross fleet in the Indian Ocean is enormous. Among them are able to defend the holy sites and routes of pilgrimage from Asia Tengg ara to Mecca; maintaining the continuity of trade exchanges between India and European merchants in the markets of Aleppo, Cairo, and Istanbul; and also secured South Asia's major marine trade routes, from Africa and the Arab-India-Malacca Strait-Java Peninsula-and to China. The continuity of trade routes between India and the archipelago and the Far East via the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea is also safe from harassment. wait for the next episode
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