Laksamana Keumalahayati Aceh (1585-1604)


Pahlawan Aceh nama Laksamana Keumalahayati (1585-1604) merupakan wanita pertama di dunia yang menjawat panglima tentera laut. Beliau merupakan Ketua Turus angkatan laut Aceh. Keumalahayati memimpin Armada Inong Balee (sebuah kapal jenis galey). Armada yang terdiri daripada sekitar seribu ke dua ribu perjurit wanita. Mereka adalah wanita janda yang suami telah gugur syahid dalam perang Teluk Haru. Keumalahayati adalah cicit kepada Ali Mughayat Syah.

Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah memerintah Aceh pada 1514-1530. [Baca wiki - link].

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Although I am not a "capital-M Muslim", having read Saqib's book cover-to-cover, my sense is that the knowledge of Islam that he offers can encourage people born and raised in Muslim families as well as other people seeking to be guided by Islam to open their minds to better follow the promptings of their souls which led them onto the path of seeking in the first place.

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