Pilgrimage To The Tomb Of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin, Anies Given 'Gifts' To Top Aceh And Siwah

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan during a pilgrimage and inaugurated the restoration of the tomb of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan hopes that the restoration of the tomb of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah who is also the last sultan of Aceh at Utan Kayu TPU, Rawamangun, East Jakarta, should become a tradition to protect the fighters.

Anies conveyed this while on a pilgrimage as well as inaugurating the restoration of the tomb of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah in East Jakarta today. Anies was greeted by representatives of the family who are also descendants of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah.

In total there are seven family graves of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah which were restored by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government through the DKI Jakarta City Parks and Forest Service.

"Hopefully, with this restoration, we can maintain tradition, give birth to warriors whose events have been recorded for decades, hundreds of years into the future," said Anies Baswedan, as quoted by Antara.

Anies explained that the restoration of the tomb cost IDR 2.1 billion with construction starting in October 2021. On that occasion, Anies was also given an Acehnese Meukeutop skullcap and also a siwah which is a traditional weapon typical of the Earth Veranda of Mecca from representatives of the family of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah.

"God willing, I will take care of this as well as possible, not just as an item, but as a mandate and honor that we protect together," said Anies.

The representative of the family of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah, Tengku Dian Anggraeni, said he was very happy with the restoration of the ancestral graves by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"We are very enthusiastic about this restoration, because so far our grandfather's grave, the Sultan's tomb, has not been seen by the general public," said Tengku Dian Anggraeni.

Dian hopes that the restoration of Aceh's ancestral graves can also be used as historical learning materials for the younger generation. He also hopes that in the future Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah can be appointed as a national hero by the Indonesian government.

"Hopefully it can be a lesson for our children that there are fighters whose names are not recorded as national heroes," said Dian.

Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah was born in 1871. He succeeded the position of Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daudsyah and was appointed the sultan of Aceh at the Indrapuri Mosque in 1878.

Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah during his reign strongly opposed the Dutch, who at that time had controlled the Kutaraja area. Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah even tore up the peace draft because he did not recognize Dutch rule.

Finally, the Dutch exiled Sultan Muhammad Alaidin Daud Syah in 1907. He died as a Dutch prisoner in Batavia (Jakarta) on February 6, 1939 and was buried in Rawamangun.