User:Mhatopzz/Abdication of Muhammad Daud Syah of Aceh

Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II, the last sultan of Aceh surrendered to the Dutch forces on 10 January 1903 during the Aceh War, where he was brought to Kutaradja to sign an agreement of his abdication on 15 January 1903. His capture marked the end of the Aceh Sultanate rule in Sumatra, but it did not suppress the rebellion of the Acehnese people as the war continued until 1913.

Sultan Muhammad Daud Syah was exiled to Meester Cornelis, Batavia in 1918 where he died there on 6 February 1939 and was buried in Rawamangun.

Surrender and abdication
During the Aceh War sultan Muhammad Daud Syah often moved into exile to some places that haven't been conquered yet by the Dutch forces as he began to become a war fugitive, when Banda Aceh fell in 1874, Aceh's capital was moved to Kuta Keumala Dalam where the Dutch would later capture the town, forcing Daud Syah to exile to Reubee and Padang Tiji. The manhunt for Muhammad Daud Syah keeps continuing, from 1900 to 1901 the sultan moved to Pidie, Samalanga, Peudada, Peusangan, and the highlands of Gayo, the sultan then returned to Pidie in 1901.

When the Dutch forces under Captain Kramers attacked Panteraja, Pidie, there were rumors circulating that the sultan was wounded or killed in action, but the Dutch authorities ignored the rumors and continued the manhunt for the sultan. On 26 November 1902, the Dutch authorities under the command of Captain Hans Christoffel kidnapped the wife of the sultan in Glumpang Payong, Pidie, where she was brought to Sigli then to Ule Lheue, Kotaradja, a month later on 25 December the Dutch authorities under Mayor van der Maaten kidnapped the other sultan's wife and her children then brought them to Pocut Murong in Lambo, Pidie. Governor-general J. B. van Heutsz warned the sultan that they wouldn't kill his family that was taken as hostages if he would surrender and submit himself to the Dutch. Under this pressure, on 6 January 1903, the sultan sent a letter to van Heutsz stating that he's agreed to surrender and submit himself to the Dutch authorities, four days later on 10th of January 1903, he was picked up by the Dutch forces at the Arusan village in Merasa Ië Leubeuë, Pidie and was brought to Pidie, where he was welcomed by Mayor van der Maaten.

On 13 January 1903, the sultan, Pocut Murong, Tuanku Ibrahim, and other 175 Acehnese guerilla rebels that were carried by a warship were brought to Ulee Lheue, where from there, they were transported to Kutaradja by a train