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The Aceh Sultanate has used various flags throughout its history.
The Alam Peudeuëng Mirah or Alam Peudeuëng flag was used by the Aceh Sultanate as early as the 16th century until its annexation into the Dutch East Indies after the Aceh War.[1]
The sword flag has many variations throughout its history of usage. Previously, the sword flag doesn't often include the crescent and star in its flag, and the types of sword differs, as there were no standardisations of the flag.
The crescent and star variant of the sword flag was first illustrated in the 1960s with a poem alongside it:[2]
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Alam Peudeuëng (Jawoë: علم ڤدڠ pronounced [alam pɯdɯəŋ]) directly translates to "the Sword Standard" or "the Flag of the Sword". The current flag consists of a plain red field, with a white crescent and star and a sword below it. The crescent and star symbolises Islam, which was taken from the flag of the Ottoman Empire, Aceh favoured the Ottoman Empire due to its assistance against Portuguese expansionism and later on being a key ally to the sultanate, even requesting protection under the Ottomans,[4] The sword represents the sovereignty of Aceh, but also a symbol of the Acehnese's firmness, feared by their opponents.[5]
Before the Alam Peudeuëng, Aceh previously used the Ottoman flag as its own,[5] later on, Aceh took inspiration from the Ottomans and designed several flags of their own with the crescent and star symbol, which later became a symbol of Aceh and its Islamic culture. Due to its influence across the archipelago, the crescent and star symbol later adopted by several Islamic kingdoms in Southeast Asia, specifically in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Nowadays, the Alam Peudeuëng is often used to represent the Acehnese people as an alternative to the flag of the Free Aceh Movement, which would go against Indonesian law as it's related to a separatist movement.[7]
Parts of Acehnese society show support of using the Alam Peudeuëng as the official flag of Aceh,[8] as they deem it to better represent Acehnese culture, history, and consider it as the original symbol of Aceh and its people.[9]
On 1 September 2019, a community who claims to be the extended family of the mandate bearers of the Aceh Sultanate held a flag raising ceremony of the Indonesian flag and the Alam Peudeuëng flag to celebrate the Islamic New Year of 1441 in the Darul Ihsan palace, located in Blang Oi Village, Banda Aceh,[10] alongside an edict by Tuanku Muhammad ZN, saying that the Alam Peudeuëng is not just a flag, but a symbol of the struggle to spread Islamic dawah in Aceh and the Malay world, as well as to restore the spirit of unification and harmony amongst the people of Aceh.[10] Afterwards, the flag raising ceremony became an occasional tradition on Islamic New Years.[11][12]
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