Aceh Sultanate : : state, society, religion and trade : the Dutch sources, 1636-1661 / / edited by Ito Takeshi.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ito, Takeshi,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast Asia 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (950 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction: A New Source for Seventeenth Century Aceh /; Documents on Aceh, 1636–1661 /; Appendix /; Bibliography: Documents /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004288821
• ISSN: 0169-9571
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ito Takeshi.

There are many excellent published collections of the indispensable Dutch documents for the History of Indonesia in the seventeenth century. However all of these have a Batavia-centred VOC view of the Archipelago and beyond, and show the relations of the Company with states which eventually fell within its orbit. Aceh, however, was the one state of the Archipelago that never fell within this orbit and maintained a defiant independence until 1873. It is therefore the most interesting state, but the least well known. Historians of Indonesia and of Islamic Asia in particular will need to consult this collection, but it will be of interest also to historians of Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian History more broadly in the early modern period.