Sultan Iskandar Muda ruled the Kingdom of Aceh in 1607 - 16 36 AD. Under his rule, the Aceh Workers experience triumph. The kingdom of Aceh grew into a great empire and ruled over the Islamic trade, even becoming a transit city that could connect with Islamic traders in the western world.
To achieve the greatness of the Kingdom of Aceh, Sultan Iskandar Muda continued Aceh's struggle by attacking the Portuguese and the Johor Kingdom in the Malay Peninsula. The goal is to control the trade routes in the Malacca Strait and control the pepper-producing regions. Sultan Iskandar Muda also rejected British and Dutch requests to buy pepper on the west coast of Sumatra. In addition, the Acehnese empire occupied the regions such as Aru, Pahang, Kedah, Perlak, and Indragiri, so that under his rule the Kingdom of Aceh has a vast territory.
During his reign there were two famous tasawwuf experts in Aceh, Syech Syamsuddin bin Abdullah as-Samatrani and Syech Ibrahim as-Syamsi. After Sultan iskandar Muda died the throne of Aceh Kingdom replaced by his son-in-law, Sultan Iskandar Thani
