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The Kingdom of Singunggal Serbanyaman, and the Exiled King
When Sunggal under the leadership of Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Surbakti (1845-1857) as his father's successor became king of Singunggal, he moved the center of his government to Sunggal (now located on Jalan PAM Tirtanadi, District of Medan Singung, Terrain). Datuk Ahmad was given the title Datuk Indera Pahlawan Wazir Serbanyaman Ulon Janji. At this time the name Serbanyaman was inaugurated as a replacement for Singung.
When Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Surbakti died in 1857, his son Datuk Badiuzzaman Surbakti was 12 years old, then over the family deliberation, Datuk Kecil was assigned to hold the kingdom of Sunggal until Datuk Badiuzzaman mature.
Because the family environment is very anti-Dutch or anti-colonial, it has a strong influence on Datuk Badiuzzaman Surbakti accompanied by Datuk Kecil (his uncle, who held power until 1866). In 1866 the leadership of the Sunggal Kingdom was continued by Datuk Badiuzzaman Surbakti when he was 21 years old.
Datuk Badiuzzaman Surbakti was born with the full name of Datuk Sri Raja Badiuzzaman Sri Indera Pahlawan Surbakti. He was born in Sunggal, Medan Sunggal District, in 1845. He is the son of King Sunggal, Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Sri Indera Pahlawan Surbakti with a woman named Tengku Kemala Inasun Bahorok.
Datuk Badiuzzaman married a woman named Ajang Olong Besar Hamparan Perak, and from the result of the marriage he got the offspring of five boys and two girls, and, namely Datuk Muhammad Mahir Surbakti, Datuk Muhammad Lazim Surbakti, Datuk Muhammad Darus Surbakti, Datuk Alang Muhammad Bahar Surbakti, Datuk Muhammad Alif, Amah/Olong Br. Surbakti, and Aja Ngah Haji Surbakti.
Datuk Badiuzzaman Surbakti is a person with a sense of curiosity is very big. He studied to anyone and anywhere to learn the knowledge he wanted to learn. He studied Malay at Sunggal with a royal teacher under his uncle Datuk Muhammad Abdul Jalil Surbakti and Datuk Muhammad Dini Surbakti. He also studied Islamic religion in various places, such as in the Sunggal area, Kota Bangun, and Aceh.
He mastered Arabic and Tawhid Science, as well as Islamic Sharia law, studied with several teachers and scholars, one of whom was named Sheikh Maulana Muchtar, spiritual advisor of the kingdom of Singung in the time of Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Sri Indera Pahlawan Surbakti.
As a public figure, Datuk Badiuzzaman in his daily life is known as someone who is big-spirited, and willing to sacrifice. He gave an example to his people by upholding the values of humanity, justice, safety, and welfare for the people of Singunggal. He also always fostered unity and unity across ethnic groups, namely Karo, Malay, Aceh, Gayo, and others.
In line with the growing strength of Dutch influence in the area of East Sumatra (Deli), Deli's ambition to conquer Sunggal is wide open.
When the Sultan of Deli leased fertile lands in the Sunggal area for the benefit of the Dutch colonial government's plantation industry, the Deli-Sunggal relationship deteriorated again.
The rapid changes that took place in Deli worried the rulers of Singunggal. Therefore, in December 1871 Datuk Badiuzaman Surbakti as Raja Urung Sunggal Serbanyaman and all his relatives and close people, including the mountain people held a meeting in a pepper garden. The meeting was attended by Datuk Kecil (Mahini), Datuk Jalil, Datuk Sulong Barat, Nabung Surbakti as the commander of Karo and mountain forces, and Tuanku Hashim representing Panglima Nyak Makam as the commander of Laskar Aceh, Beds, Gayo. The result of the meeting was decided to fight against the Sultan of Deli and the Dutch Government. Until the uprising of the Sunggal people in 1872-1895.
In 1872, together with Sulong Barat and Datuk Jalil, Datuk Kecil (uncle of Datuk Badiuzzaman) prepared 1,500 troops. Open war erupted, but the combined forces of the Dutch Deli-Hindia managed to capture Datuk Kecil, Datuk Jalil, Sulong Barat, and four Sunggal warlords in November 1872. Then after 10 months held captive in Riau, they were taken to Batavia.
The capture of the grandfathers and commanders of the Sunggal War did not dampen the resistance. Led by Datuk Badiuzzaman the war continues to flare up. So terrible, the Dutch East Indies had to bother. The Dutch sent three times reinforcements from Batavia to strengthen its military.
The war, for the Deli Sultanate, was part of a classic attempt to weaken the power of the Sunggal Grand Dukes. On the contrary, for Singunggal this war is an effort to defend its rights and sovereignty over the territory and independence of the people of Singunggal which has been owned for a long time, even before the existence of the Kingdom of Deli.
This war occurred after six years Datuk Badiuzzaman became king of Singunggal when he was 27 years old, and this war lasted up to 23 years.
The pattern of struggle he led was a pattern of guerrilla struggle by avoiding direct confrontation with the enemy, by using the mountainous area as a battleground, sabotage actions were carried out by burning wards or plantation factories owned by the Netherlands after first attaching a sign/cap “Enemy Berngi”.
While the coordination with the commander of the warrior army in other fields is done through the intermediary of couriers from the Sunggal Royal Palace.
History has noted that Datuk Badiuzzaman Sri Indera Pahlawan Surbakti has succeeded in opening access to the struggle of Karo and Aceh, with the system of division of the defense area, with the, where the Acehnese troops are based along the Langkat coast to the island of Kampai and supervise the Bahorok Vocational until it extends on the slopes of Bukit.
The Sunggal army occupied the area of Timbang Langkat, extending to the Silver Expand, Banua Horn, Sapo Uruk, until Sunggal, while the Karo troops extended from the Law-Tenawar Pariama-Gain-Padang Bulan to Single.
This pattern of zone division not only managed to stem the advance of enemy forces, but then ran a sense of nationalism and unity of fate and agreement in expelling the Dutch colonialists.
In 1895, the Dutch East Indies made a bid for peace. As a form of “seriousness”, they invited Datuk Badiuzzaman to consult with Governor General Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck in Batavia.
Unsuspecting, the invitation was filled. Together with his sister (Datuk Alang Mohammad Bahar), his secretary (Datuk Mahmood), and his aide (Da’im), he left for Batavia. However, arriving in Batavia, not the negotiations they received but humiliation.
The governor general stated that he would forgive all “mistakes” Datuk Badiuzzaman if he wanted to prostrate in front of his feet. And Datuk Badiuzzaman refused and said :
“Let's die though, I will never squat for mercy in front of the Dutch people.”
As a result of the refusal, punishment was imposed. Datuk Badiuzzaman and Datuk Alang were sentenced to life imprisonment, respectively to Cianjur and Banyumas.
When the news reached Sunggal, three months the people of Singunggal declared mourning for the loss of the king they loved so much.
Datuk Badiuzzaman Surbakti was in exile until the end of his life, and was buried in the Pamoyanan Cemetery Complex, Cianjur.
Source: various sources
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