After the ship that got stranded we went back to the centre of Banda Aceh to visit some historical sites... among it were those shown here...
This is the tomb of Sultan Alauddin (or Alaiddin) Ahmad Shah Johan Berdaulat who ruled Aceh 1727-1735. The tomb lies within a ground known as the Bugis Dynasty King's tomb area. Me and wife have brought our baby Al-Rasyid in the previous visit made in January 2010. But it is only in this visit that we got it correct... by standing and touching the headstone, not the footstone as we have done before...
Our friends Puan Suzana and husband Haji Muzaffar were more intrigued with the headstone of another ruler, a grandchild (if I recall correctly) of Sultan Ahmad...
Next we visited what is said to be the tomb of Sultan Iskandar Muda. For the record this ruler of 400 years ago is touted as the best and most powerful Aceh ever had...
Nearby lies the burial ground of the most recent rulers and some family members. Have a look at the article Makam keluarga kerajaan (Tombs of the ruling families) just posted in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) earlier. Now it's time to put video clips of these visits at my Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU. Note that this is the 464th article in this blogspot...
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