A Hero Of The Occupiers

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Teuku Umar Johan Pahlawan was born in 1854 in Meulaboh, precisely at Gampong Masjid, now Gampong Rear, Kecamatan Johan Pahlawan. He was born of a father named Teuku Tjut Mahmud and mother Tjut Mohani where the couple is blessed with four children namely Teuku Musa, Tjut Intan, Teuku Umar and Teuku Mansur.

Teuku Umar an Acehnese and has a genealogy with Teuku Rear Admiral Nanta, an Admiral of Aceh who was commissioned by Sultan Iskandar Muda in 1635 as Commander of the Aceh Armed Forces in Andalas Barat and was at the same time appointed Aceh Military Governor in Tanah Minang.

In the Year 1800 - Teuku descendants Teuku Rear Admiral Nanta get pressure from the clerics in the land of Andalas, causing them back to Aceh through the western sea lane and then they landed in Meulaboh where one of the group leader named Machdum Sakti Yang Teuku Nanta Teulenbeh then appointed by the Sultan of Aceh as the guardian of Taman Sultan in Kutaraja.

Teuku Umar had a tremendous influence in Aceh's long and long history of war. He had assumed arms and fought against the Dutch since the age of 19 when the beginning of the first Dutch aggression in 1873 led by General Kohler as a messenger of one of the gangs of Meulaboh and there was speculative information that the bullet of Teuku Umar was penetrating General Kohler.

Teuku Umar also raised the spirit of resistance against the Dutch. It was recorded that he was campaigning against the Dutch in the western region of Meulaboh with Uleelheu to Pidie, and he even pressed the ulee balang to join the war against the Dutch.

In 1896 he also invited all Acehnese against the Dutch in mass. He even encouraged the Sultan, Panglima Polem and Teungku Di Tiro to fight back by giving money to Keumala, where the sultan controlled the war.

The Exemplary Character of Teuku Umar
As a hero, Teuku Umar has values ​​and traits that we can model:

1. Discipline
   As a military leader at the level of the Great Commander, Amirul Bahar and the Aceh Warlord, Teuku Umar had to be disciplined, especially in building patriot souls to all his followers and society in general, he was known as the most powerful warlord in instilling discipline to his army.

2. A Motivator
   It was Teuku Umar who motivated all the people on the West Coast of Aceh and Aceh in general to take the fight against the Dutch, he was the one who galvanized the troops from Meulaboh to Ulee Lheu, Kuta Raja to Pidie. When he needed a spy to review his journey, the spy was even willing to give up his life without thinking when Teuku Umar said, "Go away. Your eyes are my eyes, your ears are my ears "

3. Generous
   He is also a very generous person, especially for the benefit of the war, both he himself and the support of money sabil to the Sultan, Teungku Cit Ditiro and Polem Commander to finance troops against the Dutch.

4. Very Attentive to Subordinates
   Teuku Umar is also a very concerned about his followers both their welfare and build a sense of confidence to sit low and stand equal to other nations.

5. Reliable Organizer
   Teuku Umar is a skilled organizer, he proved this by dividing his followers into 17 regional commanders with a full command. In fact he also formed a battalion with 250 military-uniformed soldiers full of official rank and living in a barracks like an army organization.

6. Likes to Learning and Very Polite
   Teuku Umar is a very learned man and willing to continue learning, it is recognized by Paul Van Teer in his book The Aceh War which says Teuku Umar has a hobby of reading Dutch and English newspapers to increase his knowledge of the international world and Dutch politics in colonizing Aceh.

7. Strongly Appreciate the Ulema
   This is evidenced by the famous scholar fatwa Teungku Tjiek Kuta Karang which states that the struggle of Teuku Umar should be supported and he is also very hearing the advice of a scholar named Teungku Husin Di Tanoh Abee to Umar soon back support the struggle of the people of Aceh. He gained support from the clergy by providing funding support to the 'ulama as a contribution to the Holy War. He also gained support from Teungku in Tiro.

8. A Prominent Person of Gender
   Teuku Umar is also known as a person who is very concerned about the role of women, it is dbuktinya by listening to Cut Nya'Din advice to be behind the Dutch openly.

9. A Serious but Humorous
   Teuku Umar was a very serious man in building a defense system and resistance with the Dutch but he is also known as a very humorous and courteous to the people of Aceh and his followers.

10. Followers Loyalty Builder
    Teuku Umar is very concerned about his followers so that his followers are very guarding his security and needs, even this is proved until after his death on February 11, 1899 where his followers hid his grave and body for 18 years, only on 11 November 1917 a new Dutchman can witness directly this grave.

11. A Mature Businessman
    Besides being a commander of the prang, Teuku Umar also has a Lada business empire with the international community both from the Netherlands and other countries.

12. Have a Strong Nationalism
    Teuku Umar is also a highly respected nationality where he is very sensitive to the degrading attitude of the Dutch nation and this is evidenced by a letter written to Governor-General Deijkerhoff. Even Paul Van Teer says that Teuku Umar is a great nobleman, who can stand upright and sit lowly in association with Dutch governors and generals without having to feel inferior against the highly discriminating Dutch.

13. Strategist and Politician
    He is able to convince others through words, explaining the vision to be achieved and the mission to be accomplished, JJ Smicth said that he is very respectful and flattering the leader or Uleebalang that he must respect and influence people to do what he wants to accomplish. In the eyes of the Acehnese, he is the model of a strategist and politician.

14. Ready to Sacrifice for the Defend of the Nation
    Teuku Umar had lived well with his money and home and his big business world, but it was all left to fight against the Dutch.

Struggle and Service
Teuku Umar Johan The hero of a true warrior and one of two Acehnese heroes who were martyred for being shot by the Dutch had a long struggle against the Dutch with a battle led by him: Aceh War 1 and II In 1873, the War of Meulaboh 1877 , conducted the War Campaign from 1881 from Meulaboh to Ulee Lheu for the people to rise up against the Dutch, Pateh War, 1881, Rigaih War and War Ulee Lheu 1882, War of Great Aceh - 1882, Puteh Beach War - 1883 Nisero Event - 1884.

Teuku Umar was even the target of the Dutch in 1885 where the Dutch announced who could arrest Teuku Umar the Netherlands would be alive or dead would be paid as much as $ 25,000

Teuku Umar also became an actor in the events of Hok Ship - 1886. In 1896, took over 800 Dutch weapons, Montasie War, besieged Kuta Raja, Aneuk Galong War - 1896, Battle of Leupung - 1897, Battle of Lhong, Pidie War, Attack Meulaboh on in 1899 - but martyrs and many other wars by Teuku Umar to dispel Dutch supremacy in Aceh.

Teuku Umar Syahid
On February 10, 1899 at Keudee Lhok Bubon, Teuku Oemar along with his troops set up an attack plan against the Dutch in Tangsi Meulaboh. Hearing this plan, General Van Heutzs ordered Lieutenant Ver Brugh to lead his troops patrolling westward along the coast and taking care at Suak Ujong Kalak, 2 kilometers from the town of Meulaboh.

Teuku Umar seemed to know that he was about to end his death. While walking from Lho 'Bubon, he said to Teungku Kali Nya Ali, "Tomorrow we will drink coffee at Keude Meulaboh or I will die in Holy War".

Teuku Umar moved along the coast with his troops from Lhok Bubon to Meulaboh on the evening of 11 February 1899. Before continuing his journey to attack Tangsi Meulaboh, the Dutch troops who had been on alert opposite Suak Ujong Kalak opened fire.

The Teuku Umar army was besieged. Teuku Umar was seen holding his bloodied chest. Dutch bullet lodged in his left breast and colon. Immediately the shoot-out stopped. The atmosphere became quiet and each troop resigned without firing a shot.

The body of Teuku Umar was taken away by his loyal followers to Pucok Luung inland Suak Raya, and through Reudeup was brought back to Pasi Meungat Tanjong Meulaboh to be buried near his mother's grave. Six months later, worried about the Dutch, the community unloaded Teuku Oemar tomb to be buried in Gunong Meulintang (Cot Manyang) Mugo. After 8 months, Teuku Umar's body was transferred to Gunong Glee Rayeuk Tameeh in Mugo Kaway XVI District, 42 kilometers from the town of Meulaboh.

His struggle was continued by Cut Nyak Dhien, which is headquartered in the northern part of Meulaboh right in the Krueng Manggi area around Krueng Meureubo. In 1905, in a state of sickness and eye condition unable to see, Cut Nyak Dhien was handed over to Lieutenant van Vuuren and exiled to Sumedang and died in 1908.

Graves of Teuku Johan The former hero of the Great War Commander of the Dutch East Indies was only known by the Dutch on November 1, 1917 or 18 years after his death. Dutch official J.J.De Vink sees Teuku Umar's grave after receiving permission from Teuku Chik Ali Akbar (Uleebalang Kaway XVI) and Teuku Panyang, Ulee Balang Meugo, on condition that the grave is no longer disturbed..

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