Zainul Abidin of Aceh

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Zainul Abidin
Sulṭān of Acèh Darussalam
Reign1579
Predecessor Sri Alam
Successor Alauddin Mansur Syah
Born Banda Aceh, Aceh Sultanate, Ottoman Empire (now Indonesia)
Died5 October 1579
Banda Aceh, Aceh Sultanate, Ottoman Empire (now Indonesia)
FatherAbdullah bin Alauddin al-Kahar

Sultan Zainul Abidin (died 5 October 1579) was the seventh sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra. His reign was the last of three brief ones in the year 1579.

Zainul Abidin was the son of Sultan Ghori alias Abdullah, who was the vassal ruler of Aru (Deli) and died in battle in 1568. [1] He was the grandson of Sultan Alauddin al-Kahar. After the rapid deaths of the sultans Ali Ri'ayat Syah I, Sultan Muda and Sri Alam, he was placed on the throne of Aceh in 1579. However, according to the chronicles he was only interested in pleasures and especially enjoyed animal fights and life-and-death fights between humans. [2] It was even alleged that he had no appetite before he had seen blood flowing. [3] He also behaved in a tyrannical way towards his uleëbalangs (chiefs). The chiefs therefore resolved to get rid of him. The plotters put him on an elephant and brought him to Makota Alam where he was murdered. This happened on 5 October 1579. He was succeeded by Alauddin Mansur Syah who did not belong to the old sultan's family. [4]

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References

  1. Djajadiningrat (1911), p. 155.
  2. Iskandar (1958), p. 54.
  3. Djajadiningrat (1911), p. 159.
  4. Encyclopaedie (1917), Vol. 1, p. 74.

Literature

Preceded by
Sri Alam
Sulṭān of Acèh Darussalam
1579
Succeeded by
Alauddin Mansur Syah