This Acehnese woman is not a comic swordsman from the land of heaven. It really exists. Keumalahayati name. He is an Admiral (Commander of War) of the Kingdom of Aceh. Malahayati is a figure that many appear in the writings of foreign writers and the Indonesian nation itself. Malahayati became Commander of the Royal Acehnese Armed Forces during the reign of Sultan Al Mukammil (1589-1604).he gained the confidence of being the number one man in the army of the sultan for his success in leading the women's army. He came from the sultan's descendants. His father, Mahmud Shah, was an admiral. His grandfather from his father's line, also an admiral named Muhammad Said Shah, son of Sultan Salahuddin Shah who ruled in 1530-1539.sultan Salahhuddin himself the son of Sultan Ibrahim Ali Mughayat Syah (1513-1530) the founder of the kingdom of Aceh Darussalam. Viewed from the origin of his descendants, blood meliter comes from his grandfather. The formation of an all-female armies called the Inong Bale Armada was Malahayati's idea. The purpose of the formation of women's troops, so that the widows can sue the death of her husband.This army has a fortress of defense.the remains of Bale Inong base still exist in Kreung Raya Bay.
John Davis, an Englishman, the Dutch ship captain who visited the Kingdom of Aceh during the Malahayati period became admiral, reported that the Aceh Kingdom at that time had fleet equipment consisting of 100 battleships, of which there were 400-500 passengers.when the Kingdom of Aceh had a strong army. In addition to having a fleet of sea, on land there is an elephant troop. The ships were even placed in various places of Aceh's power. The power of Keumalahayati got a test when there was armed contact between Aceh and the Dutch.on June 21, 1599, two Dutch ships led by two brothers Coernelis de Houtman and Federick de Houtman calmly docked in Aceh. Due to the instigation of the Portuguese, Admiral Malahayati attacked the two ships. In the attack, Cornelis de Houtman and several of his men were killed. While Federick de Houtman was held captive and thrown into the prison of the Kingdom of Aceh.something that stirred up the Europeans and especially the Dutch - at the same time showed the dignity of Admiral Keumalahayati when the Amstredam Court imposed a fine of 50,000 guilders to van Caerden to be paid to Atjeh.
The sum of money is actually paid to the rightful.paying the fine was the aftermath of Paul van Caerden's action when he came to Aceh using two boats drowned the Aceh merchant ship and seized the pepper load and left Aceh. Another important event during Malahayati's Laksama was when he sent three envoys to the Netherlands, namely Abdoelhamid, Sri Muhammad and Mir Hasan to the Netherlands.the three were the first ambassadors of an empire in Asia who visited the Netherlands. A lot of foreigner's remarks about Malahayati. His prowess leads an army when it is recognized by European countries, Arabs, Chinese and Indians. His name is now attached to the warship RI, KRI Malahayati.