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He told of a historic mosque in the capital the kingdom of Aceh, on the Aceh-Dutch wartime, and the people spared in this mosque, when the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh on December 2004.
I just want to add some old photograph sourced from the Universiteit Leiden The Netherlands were published on media-kitlv.nl, and a variety of other sources, to extends the story
Burned Baiturrahman Grand Mosque due to second aggression the Dutch kingdom in April 1873 to the kingdom of Aceh, has been creating a fierce war for years.
Governor General Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge. Source
Having full control of the capital of the kingdom of Aceh in Koetaradja (now Banda Aceh) within the Dutch empire army rule, then controlled by the civilian government and the military based in the Dutch East Indies Batavia, Java.
Then comes the good intentions of the ruling Dutch East Indies during the period of Governor General Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge March 1877, he promised to rebuild the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque.
K. van der Heijden. Source: www.nmm.nl
The promise was finally set period Major General Karel Van Der Heijden as military governor of Aceh precisely on Thursday, October 9th, 1879 groundbreaking ceremony, and was completed in 1881 only the dome. Its construction continues to be 3 and 5 domes.
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is dedicated to the people of Aceh, hopes that war can be eased. But the war continued until the Dutch East Indies government surrendered to the Japanese in 1942.
Soldiers of the KNIL (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger) on the east side of the fortified mosque at Koetaradja during the Second Aceh Expedition. Two-pole on the left side of the photo is the debris of a burned mosque in 1874. Souce Image: media-kitlv.nl
You can see Baiturrahman mosque under construction. This mosque was built by the Dutch government. Souce Image
The new mosque for Koetaradja, officially opened on December 27, 1881 Souce Image
The great mosque at Koetaradja. Souce Image: media-kitlv.nl
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque with a view 3 dome in 1935. Souce Image: media-kitlv.nl
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque with a view 5 dome in 1990. Souce Image: media-kitlv.nl
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, a few days after the earthquake and tsunami in December 2004. Source Image
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in 2015. Source Image
Masjid Raya Baiturrahman now in 2016, is being worked on the expansion project courtyard. Source Image
