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 relationship ("father of the king"); it would indeed be very strange that such a chief should obtain the title of Maharaja while his liege lord was simply called Raja of Acheh.



The relations which prevailed between the house of Pòlém and the sultans of Acheh give continual proofs of the respect commanded by the powerful chief of the highlands. Various stories are told about the father of the lately deceased Panglima Pòlém, resembling those narrated of the father of the present Teuku Nanta Seutia, chief of the VI Mukims of the XXV. On the few occasions on which they complied with the summons of the sultan to come and discuss affairs of state, they entered the royal dwelling in foul clothing and addressed the