Cut Nyak Meutia

Cut Nyak Meutia was awake in Keureutoe, Pirak, Aceh Utara, in 1870, he was one of the
Indonesian National Heroes from Aceh other than Cut nyak dhien.

Cut Meutia started against the Dutch at the time of being the wife of Teuku Chik Muhammad
or better known as Teuku Chik Di Tunong. But in March of 1905, Chik Tunong succeeded in
capturing the Dutch and succeeded in dying in the coastal environment of Lhokseumawe.
Previously, Teuku Chik Di Tunong advised his friend Pang Nanggroe to marry and care for
his son Teuku Raja Sabi.

According to the husband's will, Cut Meutia later married Pang Nanggroe and joined the
other troops under the leadership of Teuku Muda Gantoe. In a battle with the Marechause
Corps at Paya Cicem, Cut Meutia and the ladies ridicule themselves in the forest. Pang
Nagroe himself continued to fight until finally died on September 26, 1910.

Struggle against the invaders Cut Meutia do with the remnants of his troops. He attacked and
robbed colonial outposts while heading toward Gayo through the jungle. But on October 24,
1910, Cut Meutia with his poker bow with Marechause in Alue Kurieng. In that battle Cut
Meutia was killed.
Early Life

Family's background

Cut Meutia is the daughter of a father named Teuku Ben Daud Pirak and Cut Jah's mother.
Cut meutia is the only daughter of four other brothers: Teuku Cut Beurahim followed by
Teuku Muhammadsyah, Teuku Cut Hasan and Teuku Muhammad Ali. His father was a
Uleebalalang in the village of Pirak in the Keureutoe suburb.

Cut meutia was born in Uleebalang Pirak area, a stand-alone area because this area has its
own government and judiciary because it can breed in low levels. When the area of
Uleebalang Pirak under the leadership of Teuku Ben Daud (Cut Meutia's father) the
atmosphere is full of serenity and peace. For a wise attention Teuku Ben Daud always spilled
on his people because in addition to Uleebalang he is also known as a scholar who until the
end of his life do not want to obey the Dutch, certainly surprising that the nature of the knight
was built in Cut Meutia.

Youth

Besides having a beautiful name (Meutia) but Cut Meutia is also beautiful, and beautiful
body shape. As dear to a Dutch writer: Cut Meutia is not only very beautiful, it also has a
handsome body and mengga1rahkan. By adding her beautiful customary clothes to the
customs of women in Aceh with black silk silk suits and shirts buttoned with gold jewelry on
her chest and tightly closed, with her dark black hair of ulee pine gold (a kind of hair jewelry)
with bracelets Behind that circular wrist limp, the woman is really an angel. (H.C Zentgraaff,
1983: 151)

After adult Cut Meutia married with Teuku Syamsarif who titled Teuku Chik Bintara. But
Syamsarif has a weak character and a life attitude that wants to coexist with the Company.
But their marriage did not last long, and divorced, Cut meutia then married with Teuku
Shamsarif's own brother Teuku Chik Muhammad or better known as Teuku Chik Tunong.
After that and emigrate to the mountains to fight the Dutch

Resistance Against the Netherlands

Struggle with Teuku Chik Tunong:

The year 1901 was the beginning of the movement, with the base of struggle from the Pasai
or Krueng Pasai area (North Aceh) under the war command of Teuku Chik Tunong. They use
guerrilla tactics and espionage by using to train spy gangs against the street-patrol and
interception plans. The espionage tactics were carried out by villagers who, with their
innocence, always obtained precise and precise information for the location of the patrols to
be traversed by Dutch troops could soon be known.

There is much resistance done by Chik Tunong that can be tempted meutia from June 1902,
August August, 1902 which is being fiercely a lot of Dutch pertamina.

Next on January 9, 1903, the Sultan with his followers such as Polem Commander
Muhammad Daud, Teuku Raja Keumala and other royal leaders have stopped fighting and
declared down from the guerrilla attempt to attack Dutch troops. On that basis, Cut Nyak
Meutia with her husband went down the mountain on October 5, 1903. On the command of
the Dutch datasemen in Lhokseumawe, HNA Swart, Teuku Tunong and Cut Meutia were
confirmed to settle in Keureutoe precisely at Jrat Manyang and eventually moved to Elephant
Teping area Panton Labu .

The end of the struggle of Teuku Chik Muhammad and Cut Meutia was as a result of the
events in Meurandeh Paya east of Lhoksukon on January 26, 1905. This event began with the
killing of Dutch troops patrolling and sheltering in Meurasah Meurandeh Paya. The
assassination of Dutch troops was a severe blow to the Dutch. In the Dutch investigation,
Teuku Chik Tunong was found to be involved in the murder. Therefore, Teuku was arrested
and a suspended prison. But in the end turned into a death shoot law.

The execution died in March 1905 in the coastal city of lhoksuemawe and was buried at the
Mon Geudong Mosque. Before printing dead, Teuku Tunong declare Pang Nanggroe, who is
a friend of his struggle to marry Cut Nyak Meutia and take care of the children.

Struggle with Pang Nanggroe

In accordance with the mandate of the deceased husband, Cut Meutia received Pang
Nanggroe application. And with him, Cut Meutia continued the struggle against the Dutch by
moving the base of the battle to Buket Bruek Ja. Pang Nanggroe set a tactic against a Dutch
marsose patrol along with Teuku Muda Gantoe. The attack on Cut Meutia and Pang
Nanggroe starts from the upstream of Kreueng Jambo Ayee, a very strategic defense site
because of the area which is a wild forest area with very many hiding places. The Muslim
forces attacked the Dutch bivouacs where many Muslim fighters were detained.

On May 6, 1907, Pang Nanggroe's troops staged a rapidly moving attack on the bivouac who
escorted the railway workers. From the results of some Dutch soldiers died and injured.
Together with 10 guns and 750 rounds of ammunition.

On June 15, 1907, Pang Nanggroe troops stormed back a bivouac at Keude Bawang (Idi),
Dutch troops defeated with the death of a troop member and 8 wounded.

Another Cut Meutia assault tactic is a trap designed with rumors of a festivity in a house with
Dutch soldiers. The house that has been given a trap that the food, banana pond was already
tricked with bamboo pieces so easily torn down. By the time the Dutch troops were inside the
house, the house was demolished and Cut Meutia's troops attacked blindly.

Cut Meutia troop assault is also divided into railroads in an effort to break the railway line. In
the middle of 1909 to August 1910 the Dutch guardians of the villagers who had been made
into captivity had been known the center of the troops of Prince Nanggroe and Cut Nyak
Meutia. Some of the attacks were carried out, but Cut Meutia troops who always switched to
the Dutch workplace were hard to catch. Some of the attacks were carried out in Jambo aye,
Peutoe, Bukit Hague, Paya Surien and Matang Raya areas. But on September 25, 1910, when
an attack occurred in the Paya Cicem area, Pang Nanggroe was hit by a Dutch shot into the
world after it was written to Teuku Raja Sabi's son to pick up rencong and bright headbands
and take care of his mother Cut Nyak Meutia. Tomb of Pang Nanggroe is beside Lhoksukon
Mosque.

Cut Meutia Leads the Forces

The leadership was taken over by Cut Meutia after Pang Nanggroe was martyred, and the
defense base moved to the Gayo and Alas areas with troops led by Teuku Seupot Mata. On
October 22, 1910, the Dutch troops boarded the Cut Meutia army which was estimated to be
in the Lhokreuhat area. The next chase that was done back to Krueng Putoe area to Bukit
Paya made Cut Meutia troops increasingly squeezed and always shifting between the
mountains and the wild forest that very much.
In the October 25th battle of Krueng Putoe, Cut Meutia troops competed against the Dutch.
This is where Cut Meutia is martyred with other Muslim forces such as Teuku Chik Paya
Bakong, Teungku Seupot Mata and Teuku Mat Saleh. Toward the fall, Cut Meutia put to
Teuku Syech Buwah to no longer infected the Dutch attack, the next tactic is backwards
possible and back again, because their position is already pinched this time. Cut Meutia also
entrusted his son to be sought and guarded.

Cut Meutia died in Alue Kurieng, Aceh, October 24, 1910, was named the National Hero of
Independence on May 2, 1964 based on Presidential Decree no. 106 Year 1964.