Aceh Sultanate

<p>The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam , was a <a href="/facts/List_of_Muslim_states_and_dynasties/DVfgkBu3">sultanate</a> centered in the modern-day <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesian</a> province of <a href="/facts/Aceh/IpUqEgot">Aceh</a>. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline. Its capital was <a href="/facts/Kutaraja/h9FeU9wj">Kutaraja</a>, the present-day <a href="/facts/Banda_Aceh/h9FeU9wj">Banda Aceh</a>.
</p><p>At its peak it was a formidable enemy of the Sultanate of <a href="/facts/Johor_Sultanate/CGmvpvAl">Johor</a> and <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portuguese</a>-controlled <a href="/facts/Malacca/ncvoSb0j">Malacca</a>, both on the <a href="/facts/Malay_Peninsula/BrBger2u">Malay Peninsula</a>, as all three attempted to control the trade through the <a href="/facts/Strait_of_Malacca/gElukYIz">Strait of Malacca</a> and the regional exports of <a href="/facts/Black_pepper/6MMqGwm4">pepper</a> and <a href="/facts/Tin/vxbbBgNz">tin</a> with fluctuating success. In addition to its considerable military strength, the court of Aceh became a noted center of <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islamic</a> scholarship and trade.
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