Baiturrahman Great Mosque is a large mosque to witness the history of the silent historical grandeur, majesty and glory of the kingdom of Aceh Darussalam history throughout the centuries.

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World Europe understand that the Sultanate is the Iskandar Muda Aceh achieve progress so rapidly, so it is often called the heyday of Aceh is the Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636). At the time of Iskandar Muda in charge of the world, especially European Portuguese that has been occupied Malacca and other Asian century ago since some fail conquer Aceh, according to the review and analysis of experts from the Portuguese explained that at the time of Iskandar Muda in power, the strength of the military in Aceh is in the peak of glory and power beyond in the Portuguese, the Portuguese is the power of Europe at that time that made the expansion kedunia outside to find the source of the economy. Portuguese is first entered Asia, especially Southeast Asia after a few centuries later, followed by tramp-tramp of the New Netherlands, the UK, France and the United States.

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A century before the Sultan Iskandar Muda power that is precisely the sultanate sultan Alauddin Syah Al-Riayat son Kahhar crown sultan Alaiddin Mughayatsyah believed that as the founder of the kingdom of Aceh Darussalam, has brought the kingdom of Aceh towards the signal. At the time of Sultan Al-Kahhar power opened its relationship with the outside world, including; Gujarat / India, Arab nations, Egypt, Turkey, China and the nations of the world from Europe and America also brisk trade with the kingdom of Aceh Darussalam.

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The triumph achieved by the sultan al-Kahhar and its inherited and developed by Sultan Iskandar Muda, the triumph in the Iskandar Muda in Aceh as overawe and stunning the world in Europe, so that the kingdom of Aceh and were always call on by European traders during the year, and the Portuguese at that time is a developed countries of Europe represent the world has never surrendered to the Aceh for trade along the Malacca strait into the central port of the world trade.

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Too much wealth that the earth is a treasure trove that is not completely in the archipelago of islands make people lust for the Portuguese all the more days that the more belly. The Portuguese did not willingly leave the benefits of trade fell to the hands of others, even though they themselves have been successfully taking advantage doubled during the period before the opportunity ply the Malacca. Professor CRBoxer record what was raised by Jorge de Lamos, the director of the treasury in Portuguese Goa / India around the year 1590-an, the results obtained from the sultan of Aceh trade outside of his country to the Red Sea in one year. Results export pepper and others as many as 30,000 to 40,000 kwintal worth three to four million darkat gold. De Lemos said;
"Truly, truly, very incredible wealth of Sumatra, so if exported successfully seized Aceh, surely 'crown' the kingdom of Portugal-Spain will be able to restore wilyah-Christian areas that have been (including Jerusalem) even (be able to) overthrow Ottoman kingdom ( turkey).

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Attention include the Sultan Iskandar Muda field Religion, education, and trade relations in addition to the Military field can not be in the that. In the field of Religion, Sultan Iskandar Muda Baiturrahman mosque built in the year 1614, the Baiturrahman mosque was built by Iskandar Muda far different from the architecture of the mosque Baiturrahman now. Based on the testimony of Peter Mundy in 1637 in his visit to the kingdom of Aceh in the year 1600-an, Baiturrahman Mosque built by Iskandar Muda does not have a single peak of the dome but the row has a dome-shaped parallelogram and has some cover the terraced roof, when viewed at a glance looks like with a dome or pagoda former Hindu cultural heritage that is far in the past had been the religion of the people of Aceh.

Very be pitied because the mosque was burned by the Dutch during the Dutch war ultimatum issued to the kingdom of Aceh Darussalam on 1 April 1873, Dutch burn Raya Baiturrahman mosque on 10 April 1873, in an effort to seize the palace palace or kingdom of Aceh with the first weaken troop morale high Aceh Raya Baiturrahman mosque maintain until the last point of blood. See the fortress troops aceh mosque is located in the Netherlands bullet hail of fire into the mosque until the building burned. Finally, the mosque can be mastered by the Netherlands on 14 April 1873 after experiencing pressure and resistance from the soldiers off the Aceh, the Netherlands pay the expensive up his courage destroy religious symbol which is very respected and beloved people of Aceh, so that after the successful Dutch mosque on 14 April 1873 attack top Baiturrahman Great Mosque led by Major General JHR Kohler, Kohler does not monitor how long the mosque complex with teropongnya suddenly ditembak by Kohler troops killed in Aceh so that in maintaining the mosque, the position of the Netherlands squeezed its many troops lost their morale so that the mosque complex, which may have been burned by troops seized back the kingdom of Aceh.

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But a year later, behind the Netherlands again. On 6 January 1874, the Netherlands subduct Baiturrahman Mosque and palace Aceh. Mesjid this be the Netherlands, because the defense is considered a combatant Aceh. Burning is known only up anger of the people of Aceh. Netherlands to see that Aceh can not be conquered, and not enough with the way the military, next to the heart of Aceh for the combatants and stopping the attack, the Netherlands, and then rebuild the mosque at 24 Syafar 1299 Hijriiah or 27 December 1881. Its permanent location in a place like this now.

Laying the first stone made Lieutenant-General Karel Van der Heijden from the Netherlands, while the people of Aceh represented by Teuku Kadhi Malikul Fair as well as key mosque. In the next stage of development management prepared by Shaikh Marhaban carried out a large home dominie Pidie, Aceh. Development of the mosque was designed by an architect from the Bruins Burgelijke Van Departement Openbare Werken (Public Works Department) in Batavia.

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While monitoring is done Luyke LP, assisted several other engineers and Penghulu of Garut that the pattern does not conflict with Islam. Material development mosque are part of Penang, Malaysia, the marble stones of Holland, stone and marble stairs to the floor in datangkan China, for the iron window of belgium, wood from Burma and the pillars of the mosque, Surabaya. Building materials diborong Lie A sie, a Lieutenant China that the cost of wholesale 203,000 Gulden.

Building a mosque is completed in the year 1882 with a dome and have this fixed Masjid Mosque is named Baiturrahman highway. In the year 1935, Governor General A.P.H. Van Aken expand the building into three mosque dome. At the time Ali Hasjmy the Governor of Aceh, mosques highway back to this restoration, and expanded into five pieces dome. Two towers are in the year 1967. In the year 1992-1995, Baiturrahman Great Mosque again restored and expanded to seven and five fruit dome towers.

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Total, this mosque which has 136 units and 32 pole circular fruit rectangular pillars. Area of the mosque is 56 x 34 meters, while the foyer 12.5 x 10.5 meters that are able to accommodate about 15 thousand to the Jamaah. Even reached 30 thousand Jamaah Idul Fitri prayer time, as The Road and Road M. Hours on the left and right side of the mosque, used as a place of prayer.

Struggle of the Aceh people to maintain highway Baiturrahman mosque so hard not easy ditaklukkan, the Aceh people have the confidence that the highway Baiturrahman mosque still maintained even though the enemy has membakarnya symbol because the strength of the mosque is a feast for the spirit of the people the struggle of the war against the Netherlands.

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After the Dutch experience loss and a huge defeat in the war against the kingdom of Aceh, Aceh's first war has cost a very expensive war in the Netherlands, so go to the Netherlands, the other failure conquer Aceh war years in the Netherlands in 1873 obtained a jibe from the UK, where much has been previously warned the UK to the Netherlands not to disrupt the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Aceh has been respected by the British, Dutch loss is loss of its soldiers who are very much in Aceh, the general also attended a number of senior officer who participated in the invasion that killed get criticism from the European alone.

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Baiturrahman Great Mosque is known not only in the region itself but also to the world famous and is one of the most magnificent mosque in Indonesia, and Southeast Asia.